diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7cab8c4a2d..3b734bf69a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Dec 20 02:59:05 2007  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* common.mk (encs): create encoding directory.
+
 Thu Dec 20 02:50:28 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* enc/iso8859_{1..16}.c: adjust for ruby.
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index e30b1a3eaa..a015cb86f2 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ $(RBCONFIG): $(srcdir)/mkconfig.rb config.status $(PREP)
 		-so_name=$(RUBY_SO_NAME) rbconfig.rb
 
 encs: enc.mk
+	$(MINIRUBY) -I$(srcdir)/lib -run -e mkdir -- -p "$(EXTOUT)/$(arch)/enc"
 	$(MAKE) -f enc.mk -$(MAKEFLAGS)
 
 enc.mk: miniruby$(EXEEXT) $(srcdir)/enc/make_encmake.rb \