diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f7fbda7f7..97ca4e745 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 	Additional fixes and cleanups.
 
-	Updated/fixed packages: alsamixergui, fltk
+	Updated/fixed packages: alsamixergui, fltk, ncurses
 
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 2c7bf79d2..fb22c6cbc 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.so.$(NCURSES_VERSION): $(NCURSES_DIR)/lib/libn
 	touch -c $@
 
 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.so.$(NCURSES_VERSION): $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.so.$(NCURSES_VERSION)
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
 	cp -dpf $(NCURSES_DIR)/lib/libncurses.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PANEL),y)
 	cp -dpf $(NCURSES_DIR)/lib/libpanel.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/