diff --git a/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh b/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
index 83479f5..898202e 100755
--- a/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
+++ b/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	#create
 	source="${target#$OBJDIR}"
 	source="${source}.in"
+	$DEBUG $MKDIR -- "${target%/*}"				|| exit 2
 	$DEBUG $SED -e "s;@PACKAGE@;$PACKAGE;" \
 			-e "s;@VERSION@;$VERSION;" \
 			-e "s;@PREFIX@;$PREFIX;" \