diff --git a/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.bep b/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.bep
index 44b67c314..ac9dcb041 100644
--- a/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.bep
+++ b/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.bep
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ BUILD {
 }
 INSTALL {
 	cd wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/wpa_supplicant
-	cp wpa_supplicant `finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	cp -v wpa_supplicant ${DESTDIR}`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`/
 }
 LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)
 	GNU GPL v2"