diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 31973ed89a..a4be68d83f 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ pkg_call_exists post_make_$TARGET && pkg_call post_make_$TARGET
 PKG_ORIG_SYSROOT_PREFIX="${SYSROOT_PREFIX}"
 export SYSROOT_PREFIX="${BUILD}/.sysroot/${PKG_NAME}.${TARGET}"
 rm -rf "${SYSROOT_PREFIX}"
+
+# Create common sysroot directories as some packages expect them to exist.
+# TODO: Fix those packages so we don't need to pre-create directories.
 for d in /usr/lib /usr/include /usr/bin /usr/lib/pkgconfig; do
   mkdir -p "${SYSROOT_PREFIX}${d}"
 done