diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 044eb4f89a91..79e86613712f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb
 	$(call cmd,dt_S_dtb)
 
 quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
-cmd_dtc = $(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $< ; \
+cmd_dtc = mkdir -p $(dir ${dtc-tmp}) ; \
+	$(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $< ; \
 	$(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
 		-i $(dir $<) $(DTC_FLAGS) \
 		-d $(depfile).dtc.tmp $(dtc-tmp) ; \