diff --git a/textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular/Makefile b/textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular/Makefile
index f792f7c6c692..06b0df515071 100644
--- a/textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PLIST_SUB=	XMLCATMGR=${XMLCATMGR} DTDDIR=${RELDIR} \
 do-build:
 	${RM} -Rf ${WRKSRC}/docsrc
 
-pre-install:
+pre-su-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${INSTDIR}
 	${FIND} ${WRKDIR} -name '*.orig' -exec ${RM} {} \;
 	${CHOWN} -R ${SHAREOWN}:${SHAREGRP} ${WRKSRC}
diff --git a/textproc/html/Makefile b/textproc/html/Makefile
index 9f08b64ade50..891cda740bde 100644
--- a/textproc/html/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/html/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ INSTDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/sgml/html
 XMLCATMGR=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/xmlcatmgr
 CATALOG_PORTS_SGML=	${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports
 
-pre-install:
+pre-su-install:
 	@[ -d ${INSTDIR} ] || ${MKDIR} ${INSTDIR}
 
 do-install:
diff --git a/textproc/iso8879/Makefile b/textproc/iso8879/Makefile
index a793dd9268a5..a923a9c7c549 100644
--- a/textproc/iso8879/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/iso8879/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ INSTDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/sgml/iso8879
 XMLCATMGR=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/xmlcatmgr
 CATALOG_PORTS_SGML=	${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports
 
-pre-install:
+pre-su-install:
 	@[ -d ${INSTDIR} ] || ${MKDIR} ${INSTDIR}
 
 do-install:
diff --git a/textproc/linuxdoc/Makefile b/textproc/linuxdoc/Makefile
index ee4cc7ac6bad..7d9d7464ba01 100644
--- a/textproc/linuxdoc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/linuxdoc/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ISOCAT=		${PREFIX}/share/sgml/iso8879/catalog
 XMLCATMGR=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/xmlcatmgr
 CATALOG_PORTS_SGML=	${PREFIX}/share/sgml/catalog.ports
 
-pre-install:
+pre-su-install:
 	@[ -d ${INSTDIR} ] || ${MKDIR} ${INSTDIR}
 
 do-install:
diff --git a/textproc/xhtml/Makefile b/textproc/xhtml/Makefile
index 93cfb164d012..6b6297379ebb 100644
--- a/textproc/xhtml/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xhtml/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CATALOG_PORTS_XML=	${PREFIX}/share/xml/catalog.ports
 post-patch:
 	${SED} -e 's#@@DTDDIR@@#${DTDDIR}#' < ${FILESDIR}/catalog.xml > ${WRKSRC}/catalog.xml
 
-pre-install:
+pre-su-install:
 	@[ -d ${DTDDIR}	 ] || ${MKDIR} ${DTDDIR}
 
 do-install: