diff -urpN uClibc-ng-1.0.22.orig/utils/Makefile.in uClibc-ng-1.0.22/utils/Makefile.in
--- uClibc-ng-1.0.22.orig/utils/Makefile.in	2017-03-01 08:27:07.000000000 -0800
+++ uClibc-ng-1.0.22/utils/Makefile.in	2017-03-01 08:43:25.000000000 -0800
@@ -117,15 +117,22 @@ $(hostutils_OBJ): $(utils_OUT)/%.host : 
 install-y += utils_install
 
 # This installs both utils and hostutils, so doesn't depend on either.
+$(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin $(PREFIX)$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)sbin:
+	$(do_mkdir)
+
+utils_install: $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin
+ifeq ($(HAVE_SHARED),y)
+utils_install: $(PREFIX)$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)sbin
+endif
 
 utils_install: $(addsuffix $(DOTHOST), $(utils_OBJ) $(utils_LOCALE_OBJ))
-	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/getconf$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/getconf
+	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/getconf$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/getconf
 ifeq ($(HAVE_SHARED),y)
-	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/ldd$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/ldd
-	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/ldconfig$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)sbin/ldconfig
+	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/ldd$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/ldd
+	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/ldconfig$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(RUNTIME_PREFIX)sbin/ldconfig
 endif
 ifeq ($(UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE),y)
-	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/iconv$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/iconv
+	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/iconv$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/iconv
 	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(utils_OUT)/locale$(DOTHOST) $(PREFIX)$(DEVEL_PREFIX)bin/locale
 endif