diff --git a/meta/packages/zlib/zlib-sdk.inc b/meta/packages/zlib/zlib-sdk.inc
index e4eb3024e2..a5901300ee 100644
--- a/meta/packages/zlib/zlib-sdk.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/zlib/zlib-sdk.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ZLIB_EXTRA = ""
 inherit sdk
 
 do_stage() {
+        install -d ${STAGING_INCDIR}
         install -m 0644 zlib.h ${STAGING_INCDIR}/zlib.h
         install -m 0644 zconf.h ${STAGING_INCDIR}/zconf.h
         oe_libinstall -a -so libz ${STAGING_LIBDIR}