diff --git a/recipes/gffcompare/build.sh b/recipes/gffcompare/build.sh
index 6ad54f141301aa..f862ec0101a5a5 100644
--- a/recipes/gffcompare/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/gffcompare/build.sh
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ ver=${ver%%\"*}
 cd gffcompare-"$ver"
 
 # copy binaries
+mkdir -p "$PREFIX"/bin/
 cp gffcompare "$PREFIX"/bin/
 cp trmap "$PREFIX"/bin/