diff --git a/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh b/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
index 0915c9d..8bf6d71 100755
--- a/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
+++ b/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	#create
 	source="${target#$OBJDIR}"
 	source="${source}.in"
-	$DEBUG $MKDIR -- "${target%/*}"				|| exit 2
+	([ -z "$OBJDIR" ] || $DEBUG $MKDIR -- "${target%/*}")	|| exit 2
 	$DEBUG $SED -e "s;@PACKAGE@;$PACKAGE;" \
 			-e "s;@VERSION@;$VERSION;" \
 			-e "s;@PREFIX@;$PREFIX;" \