diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e2c7420e0..6dc8a41fd6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 	(R_RISCV_TLS_DTPREL64): Likewise.
 	(R_RISCV_TLS_TPREL32): Likewise.
 	(R_RISCV_TLS_TPREL64): Likewise.
+	* Makerules (make-link-multidir): Make directories before linking into
+	them.
 
 2018-01-06  Samuel Thibault  <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
 
diff --git a/Makerules b/Makerules
index d94e4ca0c1..ef6abeac6d 100644
--- a/Makerules
+++ b/Makerules
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ mv -f $@.new $@
 endef
 define make-link-multidir
 $(patsubst %/,cd %,$(objpfx)); \
+  $(addprefix $(abspath $(..)scripts/mkinstalldirs) ,$(dir $(multidir))); \
   $(LN_S) . $(multidir) 2> /dev/null; \
   test -L $(multidir)
 endef