diff --git a/media-gfx/chafa/chafa-1.8.0.recipe b/media-gfx/chafa/chafa-1.8.0.recipe
index a81d34fd0..ff779add2 100644
--- a/media-gfx/chafa/chafa-1.8.0.recipe
+++ b/media-gfx/chafa/chafa-1.8.0.recipe
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 
 BUILD()
 {
+	mkdir -p m4
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure \
 		--bindir=$commandBinDir