diff --git a/meta/packages/gtk-doc/gtk-doc.bb b/meta/packages/gtk-doc/gtk-doc.bb
index 98b1905fe8..8609138bac 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gtk-doc/gtk-doc.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gtk-doc/gtk-doc.bb
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ LICENSE = "LGPL"
 PR="r1"
 
 do_stage() {
-	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/gtk-doc.m4 ${STAGING_DATADIR}/aclocal
+	install -d ${STAGING_DATADIR}/aclocal
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/gtk-doc.m4 ${STAGING_DATADIR}/aclocal/
 }