diff --git a/dev-cpp/hugen/hugen-1.recipe b/dev-cpp/hugen/hugen-1.recipe
index ebd4f35ee..b3f776870 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/hugen/hugen-1.recipe
+++ b/dev-cpp/hugen/hugen-1.recipe
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ BUILD()
 
 INSTALL()
 {
+	mkdir -p $binDir
 	python=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python/bin/python
 	version=$($python --version 2>&1 | sed 's/Python //' | head -c3)