diff --git a/base/glibc/glibc.conf b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
index eefc0ea8a..0f4f9cef1 100644
--- a/base/glibc/glibc.conf
+++ b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ glibc_postmake()
 {
 	if atstage toolchain; then
 	  cp -v ../include/features.h $root$includedir
-	  mkdir -p $includedir/{bits,gnu}
+	  mkdir -p $root$includedir/{bits,gnu}
 	  [ -e $root$includedir/bits/stdio_lim.h ] ||
 	  touch $root$includedir/bits/stdio_lim.h
 	  return