diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
index bd4dc8fac17..72f5dbed91f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncurses/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 depends="ncurses-base>=${version}"
 
 do_configure() {
-	mkdir ncurses-build ncursesw-build
+	mkdir -p ncurses-build ncursesw-build
 	cd ${wrksrc}/ncursesw-build
 
 	# Override config.sub with ours.