--- syntax/Makefile.in.orig	Fri May 19 17:15:17 2000
+++ syntax/Makefile.in	Mon May 22 11:38:57 2000
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 
 install: Makefile
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(syntaxdir)
 	for I in $(ALLSYNTAX); \
 	do $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$I $(DESTDIR)$(syntaxdir)/$$I; done