diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 71d93a1..8086500 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ endif
 
 %.o: %.cc
 	@echo "    [CXX] $<"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V) $(CXX) -c $(INCLUDES) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 	@echo "    [DEP] $<"
 	$(V) $(CXX) -MM -MT $(subst .cc,.o,$<) $(INCLUDES) $(TEST_INCLUDES) $(CXXFLAGS) $< > $*.$$$$; \
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ endif
 
 %.o: %.c
 	@echo "    [CXX] $<"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V) $(CC) -c $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 	@echo "    [DEP] $<"
 	$(V) $(CC) -MM -MT $(subst .cc,.o,$<) $(INCLUDES) $(TEST_INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) $< > $*.$$$$; \
@@ -218,16 +220,19 @@ endif
 
 %.8: %.txt bin/txt2man
 	@echo "    [txt2man] $<"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V) bin/txt2man -p -t $(basename $(notdir $<)) $< > $@
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 lib/libpdata.a: $(OBJECTS) $(EMITTERS)
 	@echo "    [AR]  $<"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V)ar -rv $@ $(OBJECTS) $(EMITTERS) > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 bin/pdata_tools: $(OBJECTS) $(EMITTERS)
 	@echo "    [LD]  $@"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V) $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $+ $(LIBS) $(CXXLIB)
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/unit-tests/Makefile.in b/unit-tests/Makefile.in
index f09294e..46bc347 100644
--- a/unit-tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/unit-tests/Makefile.in
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ GMOCK_DEPS=\
 
 lib/libgmock.a: $(GMOCK_DEPS)
 	@echo "    [CXX] gtest"
+	@mkdir -p lib
 	$(V)g++ $(GMOCK_INCLUDES) -I$(GMOCK_DIR)/googletest -c $(GMOCK_DIR)/googletest/src/gtest-all.cc
 	@echo "    [CXX] gmock"
 	$(V)g++ $(GMOCK_INCLUDES) -I$(GMOCK_DIR)/googlemock -c $(GMOCK_DIR)/googlemock/src/gmock-all.cc
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ TEST_OBJECTS=$(subst .cc,.gmo,$(TEST_SOURCE))
 
 %.gmo: %.cc
 	@echo "    [CXX] $<"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V) $(CXX) -c $(TEST_INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) $(GMOCK_INCLUDES) $(CXXFLAGS) $(GMOCK_FLAGS) -o $@ $<
 	@echo "    [DEP] $<"
 	$(V) $(CXX) -MM -MT $(subst .cc,.o,$<) $(TEST_INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) $(GMOCK_INCLUDES) $(CXXFLAGS) $(GMOCK_FLAGS) $< > $*.$$$$; \
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ TEST_OBJECTS=$(subst .cc,.gmo,$(TEST_SOURCE))
 
 unit-tests/unit_tests: $(TEST_OBJECTS) lib/libgmock.a lib/libpdata.a
 	@echo "    [LD]  $<"
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(V)g++ $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(TEST_OBJECTS) $(LIBS) $(GMOCK_LIBS) $(LIBEXPAT)
 
 .PHONY: unit-test