diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index c2c88dd..6e56f7d 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build a release of tconfpy using 'make'
-# $Id: makefile,v 1.110 2012/05/29 15:14:22 tundra Exp $
+# $Id: makefile,v 1.111 2012/05/29 17:31:18 tundra Exp $
 # Requires a modern 'make' like GNU.
 
 
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 
 release: docs progs
 	@mkdir ${DIR}
+	-@mkdir ${RELDIR} 2>&1 >/dev/null
 	@mv ${DOCFILES} ${PROGFILES} ${SRCFILES} ${SUPPFILES} ${DIR}
 	@tar -czvf ${TARBALL} ${DIR}
 	@rm -rf ${DIR}