diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd0412e77..ec124f46c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ ifdef EMULATE_READER
 else
 	cd $(DJVUDIR)/build && CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ../configure --disable-desktopfiles --disable-static --enable-shared --host=$(CHOST) --disable-xmltools --disable-largefile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(DJVUDIR)/build
+	test -d libs || mkdir libs
 	cp $(DJVULIBDIR)/libdjvulibre.so.21 libs
 endif