diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6185995..1b19997 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ install: fixup-perms install-bin install-etc install-hooks install-libraries ins
 #  Build our manpages via the `pod2man` command.
 #
 manpages:
-	-mkdir man
+	-mkdir -p man
 	cd bin; for i in *-*; do pod2man --release=${VERSION} --official --section=8 $$i ../man/$$i.8; done
 	for i in man/*.8; do gzip --force -9 $$i; done