diff --git a/.github/workflows/custom_build_rockylinux.yml b/.github/workflows/custom_build_rockylinux.yml
index 3b45c5b444..6a53f84dc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/custom_build_rockylinux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/custom_build_rockylinux.yml
@@ -56,13 +56,26 @@ jobs:
             which
           dnf clean all
 
-      - name: Checkout source at release tag
+      - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Create tag if it does not exist
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE:-/__w/llama.cpp/llama.cpp}"
+          if git rev-parse "refs/tags/${TAG_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Tag ${TAG_NAME} already exists, checking out."
+            git checkout "${TAG_NAME}"
+          else
+            echo "Tag ${TAG_NAME} does not exist, creating it on HEAD."
+            git tag "${TAG_NAME}"
+            git push origin "refs/tags/${TAG_NAME}"
+          fi
+
       - name: Show build environment
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -140,4 +153,4 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
           files: |
             ./${{ env.ARCHIVE_BASENAME }}-${{ env.TAG_NAME }}.tar.gz
-            ./${{ env.ARCHIVE_BASENAME }}-${{ env.TAG_NAME }}.tar.gz.sha256
+            ./${{ env.ARCHIVE_BASENAME }}-${{ env.TAG_NAME }}.tar.gz.sha256
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