diff --git a/src/timezone/Makefile b/src/timezone/Makefile
index eec508f1eb..9af3aaaf17 100644
--- a/src/timezone/Makefile
+++ b/src/timezone/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for the timezone library
 
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/timezone/Makefile,v 1.11 2004/05/22 21:02:32 tgl Exp $
+#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/timezone/Makefile,v 1.12 2004/05/28 03:53:33 tgl Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ zic: $(ZICOBJS)
 install: all installdirs
 	./zic -d $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/timezone $(TZDATAFILES)
 
+installdirs:
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
+
 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 	rm -f SUBSYS.o zic $(OBJS) $(ZICOBJS)