diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/libc-package.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/libc-package.bbclass
index de3d4223a8..8a99f73ae7 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/libc-package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/libc-package.bbclass
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ PACKAGE_NO_GCONV ?= "0"
 OVERRIDES:append = ":${TARGET_ARCH}-${TARGET_OS}"
 
 locale_base_postinst_ontarget() {
+mkdir ${libdir}/locale
 localedef --inputfile=${datadir}/i18n/locales/%s --charmap=%s %s
 }