diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 8918e8339eb..81e2b63108a 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
 sharedstatedir = @sharedstatedir@ 
 localstatedir = @localstatedir@
 libdir = @libdir@
+bytecode_libdir = $(LLVMGCCDIR)/bytecode-libs
 includedir = @includedir@
 infodir = @infodir@
 mandir = @mandir@
diff --git a/Makefile.rules b/Makefile.rules
index 7da6f5737ae..bae0e9c0013 100644
--- a/Makefile.rules
+++ b/Makefile.rules
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ endif
 #  of it.  For this reason, sometimes it's useful to use libraries as .a files.
 ###########################################################################
 
+# Install rule for making bytecode library directory if it does not exist.
+# Trigger this by making libraries that need to be installed here depend on it.
+$(DESTDIR)$(bytecode_libdir):
+	$(MKDIR) $@
+
 ifdef LIBRARYNAME
 
 # Make sure there isn't any extranous whitespace on the LIBRARYNAME option
@@ -482,12 +487,8 @@ LIBNAME_BC   := $(DESTLIBBYTECODE)/lib$(LIBRARYNAME).bc
 # dynamic target builds a shared object version of the library...
 dynamic:: $(LIBNAME_CUR)
 bytecodelib:: $(LIBNAME_BC)
-bytecode_libdir = $(LLVMGCCDIR)/bytecode-libs
 install-bytecode-library:: $(DESTDIR)$(bytecode_libdir)/lib$(LIBRARYNAME).bc
 
-$(DESTDIR)$(bytecode_libdir):
-	$(MKDIR) $@
-
 $(DESTDIR)$(bytecode_libdir)/lib$(LIBRARYNAME).bc: $(LIBNAME_BC) $(DESTDIR)$(bytecode_libdir)
 	@${ECHO} ======= Installing $(LIBRARYNAME) bytecode library =======
 	cp $< $@