diff --git a/package/ebtables/Makefile b/package/ebtables/Makefile
index 05e0169b9e..d84b5bf41c 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/Makefile
+++ b/package/ebtables/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ define Package/ebtables/install
 endef
 
 define Package/ebtables-utils/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ebtables-save $(1)/usr/sbin/
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ebtables-restore $(1)/usr/sbin/
 endef