diff --git a/m4/buildsys.m4 b/m4/buildsys.m4
index 3fe4914..b9e1aaa 100644
--- a/m4/buildsys.m4
+++ b/m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_SHARED_LIB], [
 			PLUGIN_CFLAGS=''
 			PLUGIN_LDFLAGS='-shared'
 			PLUGIN_SUFFIX='.dll'
-			INSTALL_LIB='${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i && ${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i.a ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
+			INSTALL_LIB='${MKDIR_P} ${DESTDIR}${bindir} && ${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i && ${INSTALL} -m 755 $$i.a ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
 			UNINSTALL_LIB='rm -f ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/$$i ${DESTDIR}${libdir}/$$i.a'
 			CLEAN_LIB='${LIB}.a'
 			;;