diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d37d81f64c..462d974d2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -400,13 +400,17 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_HAVE_DOCUMENTATION),y)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gtk-doc
 endif
 	find $(TARGET_DIR) -type f -perm +111 | xargs $(STRIPCMD) 2>/dev/null || true
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc
+	# Mandatory configuration file and auxilliary cache directory
+	# for recent versions of ldconfig
+	touch $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/ld.so.conf
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/var/cache/ldconfig
 	if [ -x "$(TARGET_CROSS)ldconfig" ]; \
 	then \
-		$(TARGET_CROSS)ldconfig -r $(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null; \
+		$(TARGET_CROSS)ldconfig -r $(TARGET_DIR); \
 	else \
-		/sbin/ldconfig -r $(TARGET_DIR) 2>/dev/null; \
+		/sbin/ldconfig -r $(TARGET_DIR); \
 	fi
-	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc
 	echo $(BR2_VERSION)$(shell $(TOPDIR)/scripts/setlocalversion) > \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/br-version