diff --git a/django_setup_configuration/contrib/sites/steps.py b/django_setup_configuration/contrib/sites/steps.py
index 2aff713..da100f9 100644
--- a/django_setup_configuration/contrib/sites/steps.py
+++ b/django_setup_configuration/contrib/sites/steps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
-from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ValidationError
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 
 from django_setup_configuration.configuration import BaseConfigurationStep
@@ -18,11 +19,23 @@ def execute(self, model: SitesConfigurationModel) -> None:
         if not model.items:
             raise ConfigurationRunFailed("Please specify one or more sites")
 
-        # We need to ensure the current site is updated, to make sure that `get_current`
-        # keeps working
         first_site = model.items[0]
+
+        # We need to ensure the current site is updated, to make sure that `get_current`
+        # keeps working. The first site in the list is treated as the current site.
+        current_site = None
+
         try:
             current_site = Site.objects.get_current()
+        except (Site.DoesNotExist, ImproperlyConfigured):
+            current_site = Site()
+
+            # We have no current site, which means there is no site pointed to by
+            # settings.SITE_ID -- however, `get_current()` expects a Site with that ID
+            # to exist, so we have to make sure the created site receives that ID.
+            current_site.pk = getattr(settings, "SITE_ID")
+
+        try:
             current_site.domain = first_site.domain
             current_site.name = first_site.name
             current_site.full_clean(exclude=("id",), validate_unique=False)
diff --git a/tests/sites/test_sites_configuration_step.py b/tests/sites/test_sites_configuration_step.py
index ac8ae7d..ee031ff 100644
--- a/tests/sites/test_sites_configuration_step.py
+++ b/tests/sites/test_sites_configuration_step.py
@@ -82,3 +82,18 @@ def test_execute_configuration_step_failing_should_keep_existing_sites():
 
     assert Site.objects.count() == 1
     assert Site.objects.get() == site
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_execute_configuration_step_creates_a_current_site_if_no_sites_exist():
+    Site.objects.all().delete()
+
+    execute_single_step(SitesConfigurationStep, yaml_source=CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
+
+    site1, site2 = Site.objects.all()
+
+    assert site1.domain == "domain.local1:8000"
+    assert site1.name == "Domain1"
+    assert site2.domain == "domain.local2:8000"
+    assert site2.name == "Domain2"
+    assert Site.objects.get_current() == site1