diff --git a/dodoc.sh b/dodoc.sh
index 945c05d2b6..78cfad3240 100755
--- a/dodoc.sh
+++ b/dodoc.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ do
 		it=$(expr "$path" : doc-$type-inst/'\(.*\)') || continue
 		t="doc-${type}pages/$it"
 		test -f "$t" && diff -q "$path" "$t" && continue
-
+		mkdir -p "$(dirname "$t")" &&
 		echo ": $t" && rm -f "$t" && ln "$path" "$t" || exit
 		( cd doc-${type}pages && git add "$it" )
 	done || exit