diff --git a/RIGAL/rigsc.446/src/Makefile b/RIGAL/rigsc.446/src/Makefile
index 9a19a6a18e3349c4cff8b14a5f5bfcc118098306..515c78c1c08a3def1e062fefa18bfcfa6d3ed739 100644
--- a/RIGAL/rigsc.446/src/Makefile
+++ b/RIGAL/rigsc.446/src/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ normal:   bins ../lib/riglib.a ../bin/anrig ../bin/genrigd ../bin/rig_lint test
 
 bins:     bin ../bin/rc ../bin/ic ../bin/v
 bin:
-	-mkdir ../bin
+	-mkdir --parents ../bin
 
 #rigal_scratch:#
 #	rm -rf ../rigal_scratch
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bin:
 
 ../lib/riglib.a:$(CCF_SRC) 
 	@echo '*Starting creating library'
-	-mkdir ../lib
+	-mkdir --parents ../lib
 	-rm -f ../lib/riglib.a
 	ar rv ../lib/riglib.a $(CCF_SRC)
 	-ranlib ../lib/riglib.a