diff --git a/srcpkgs/ltrace/template b/srcpkgs/ltrace/template
index a26e64e3c79..156bbb9e058 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ltrace/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ltrace/template
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 		sed -i 's/#ifndef __mips__/#if 0/' proc.c
 	fi
 
+	mkdir -p config 
 	autoreconf -fi
+
 }