1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dpkg_deb.c b/dpkg_deb.c
index 77172b0f6..b1cbb1bbc 100644
--- a/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
         char *output_buffer = NULL;
         int opt = 0;
         int arg_type = 0;
-        int deb_extract_funct = extract_create_dirs;    
+        int deb_extract_funct = extract_create_dirs | extract_unconditional;    
         
         const int arg_type_prefix = 1;
         const int arg_type_field = 2;
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 strcat(prefix, "/");
                         }
                 }
+                mkdir(prefix, 0777);
         }
 
         if (arg_type == arg_type_filename) {