diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cdb2f35..ca4246a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ clean:
 D = $(DESTDIR)
 
 install: install-doc
-	install -D -m 755 git-remote-hg $(D)$(bindir)/git-remote-hg
+	install -d -m 755 $(D)$(bindir)/
+	install -m 755 git-remote-hg $(D)$(bindir)/git-remote-hg
 
 install-doc: doc
-	install -D -m 644 doc/git-remote-hg.1 $(D)$(mandir)/git-remote-hg.1
+	install -d -m 755 $(D)$(mandir)/
+	install -m 644 doc/git-remote-hg.1 $(D)$(mandir)/git-remote-hg.1
 
 .PHONY: all test install install-doc clean