diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6208f83fd..f1e46dd48 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-bzip2 -Wno-portability])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
+AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_PROG_CC_C99
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index d7533e80b..9c8631ea9 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ doc: all doc-clean
 	$(efl_doxygen)
 	cp $(srcdir)/img/* html/
 	rm -rf $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME).tar*
-	mkdir -p $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME)/doc
+	$(MKDIR_P) $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME)/doc
 	cp -R html/ latex/ man/ $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME)/doc
 	tar cf $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME).tar $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME)/
 	bzip2 -9 $(PACKAGE_DOCNAME).tar