diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
index b153687980a0..22a21e5b25c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/builder.sh
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ postConfigure() {
 
 
 preInstall() {
+    mkdir -p "$out/${targetConfig}/lib"
+    mkdir -p "$lib/${targetConfig}/lib"
     # Make ‘lib64’ symlinks to ‘lib’.
     if [ -n "$is64bit" -a -z "$enableMultilib" ]; then
-        mkdir -p "$out/${targetConfig}/lib"
         ln -s lib "$out/${targetConfig}/lib64"
-        mkdir -p "$lib/${targetConfig}/lib"
         ln -s lib "$lib/${targetConfig}/lib64"
     fi
 }