diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-3.x.mk b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-3.x.mk
index 622adbc6e9..2c2b192c5e 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-3.x.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-3.x.mk
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
 	-cp -dpf $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libstdc++.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
 	-$(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libstdc++.so*
 endif
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
index 698069c2cc..668e9fc1fc 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
 	-cp -dpf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/lib/libstdc++.so* \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
 	-$(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libstdc++.so*