diff --git a/livesupport/tools/pear/etc/Makefile.in b/livesupport/tools/pear/etc/Makefile.in
index 8d33d3bd3..e903362b8 100644
--- a/livesupport/tools/pear/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/livesupport/tools/pear/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 #
 #   Author   : $Author: tomas $
-#   Version  : $Revision: 1.3 $
+#   Version  : $Revision: 1.4 $
 #   Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/tools/pear/etc/Makefile.in,v $
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ install: copy_files
 	${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/lib/pear/bin/install.sh -d ${INSTALL_DIR}
 
 copy_files:
+	${MKDIR} ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/lib
 	cp -pPR ${BASE_DIR}/../pear ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/lib
 
 clean: