1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/appletlib.c b/libbb/appletlib.c
index 35f577b89..77a9c3b7d 100644
--- a/libbb/appletlib.c
+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -768,13 +768,14 @@ static void install_links(const char *busybox,
 {
         char *fpc;
         const char *appname = applet_names;
-        const char *sd = custom_install_dir == NULL ? get_system_drive() : NULL;
+        const char *sd = NULL;
         int i, rc;
 
-        if (custom_install_dir && !is_directory(custom_install_dir, FALSE))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("'%s' is not a directory", custom_install_dir);
-
-        if (custom_install_dir == NULL) {
+        if (custom_install_dir != NULL) {
+                bb_make_directory(custom_install_dir, 0755, FILEUTILS_RECUR);
+        }
+        else {
+                sd = get_system_drive();
                 for (i=1; i<ARRAY_SIZE(install_dir); ++i) {
                         fpc = xasprintf("%s%s", sd ?: "", install_dir[i]);
                         bb_make_directory(fpc, 0755, FILEUTILS_RECUR);