diff --git a/event/linktest/GNUmakefile.in b/event/linktest/GNUmakefile.in
index 39fb6dbc12be4eae36a6fd0309ca9d6d90e7f72b..766ebed75ecc405002ca9fb88f3795c819c8f636 100644
--- a/event/linktest/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/event/linktest/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ install: weblinktest $(SCRIPT_CONTROL) $(SCRIPT_RUN) $(SCRIPT_PROXY) $(LOCAL_BIN
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) weblinktest $(INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(SCRIPT_CONTROL) $(INSTALL_SBINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRCDIR)/linktest.html $(INSTALL_WWWDIR)/doc
+	-mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)/opsdir/bin
+	-mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)/opsdir/sbin
+	-mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)/opsdir/libexec
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(SCRIPT_RUN) \
 			$(INSTALL_DIR)/opsdir/bin/$(SCRIPT_RUN)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(SCRIPT_PROXY) \