diff --git a/clientside/os/capture/GNUmakefile.in b/clientside/os/capture/GNUmakefile.in
index a8c814142d2ed676bc9c060a12e87fa05e6649da..7f27ee5154b5491edf3779a0b96e05a6307fd5b6 100644
--- a/clientside/os/capture/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/clientside/os/capture/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ install:	all $(INSTALL_SBINDIR)/capserver $(INSTALL_SBINDIR)/capture
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) capture $(INSTALL_DIR)/opsdir/sbin/capture
 
 client-install: client
+	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_SBINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) capture$(EXE) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_SBINDIR)/capture$(EXE)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) capquery$(EXE) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_SBINDIR)/capquery$(EXE)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) capture-nossl$(EXE) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_SBINDIR)/capture-nossl$(EXE)