diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index f3fb02a7ce..09ce6f0be0 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 # Copyright (C) 2002 by Ken Restivo <ken@246gt.com>
-# $Id: ncurses.mk,v 1.5 2004/10/09 21:19:18 andersen Exp $
+# $Id: ncurses.mk,v 1.6 2004/10/27 20:09:27 andersen Exp $
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libncurses.so.5.2: $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libncurses.a
 	touch -c $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libncurses.so.5.2
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.a: $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libncurses.a
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include
 	cp -dpf $(NCURSES_DIR)/include/curses.h $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
 	cp -dpf $(NCURSES_DIR)/include/term.h $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/
 	cp -dpf $(NCURSES_DIR)/include/unctrl.h $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/