diff --git a/alsaconf/po/Makefile.in b/alsaconf/po/Makefile.in
index 1880c52..dd7a155 100644
--- a/alsaconf/po/Makefile.in
+++ b/alsaconf/po/Makefile.in
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ localedir = $(datadir)/locale
 USE_NLS = @USE_NLS@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
-mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
+# mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
+mkdir_p = mkdir -p --
 XGETTEXT = @XGETTEXT@
 MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
 GMSGFMT = @GMSGFMT@