diff --git a/cvscompile b/cvscompile
index 1ea9baa..6844b28 100644
--- a/cvscompile
+++ b/cvscompile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ if test -d ../alsa-lib/utils && ! test -r `aclocal --print-ac-dir`/alsa.m4; then
   alsa_m4_flags="-I ../alsa-lib/utils"
 fi
 aclocal $alsa_m4_flags $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+mkdir -p m4
 echo "EXTRA_DIST = gettext.m4" > m4/Makefile.am
 cp configure.in configure.in.ok
 gettextize -c -f --no-changelog