diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index bcbee9de11d66767da456df929b4868df81b6fee..93b9c66662a12e9b6bfa88bc00d04d5af2760680 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += util/virkeymaps.h
 
 util/virkeymaps.h: $(srcdir)/util/keymaps.csv	\
 		$(srcdir)/util/virkeycode-mapgen.py
+	$(MKDIR_P) util/
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PYTHON) $(srcdir)/util/virkeycode-mapgen.py \
 	  <$(srcdir)/util/keymaps.csv >util/virkeymaps.h