diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 872cf05d4..313f215de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-07-05  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Tools/Makefile.postabmle: Create directory for DTDs if needed
+
 2000-07-05  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/GSTcpHandle.m: fix error resetting size of data to be read -
diff --git a/Tools/Makefile.postamble b/Tools/Makefile.postamble
index 9a8cfe0a0..27983c69b 100644
--- a/Tools/Makefile.postamble
+++ b/Tools/Makefile.postamble
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ before-install::
 
 # Things to do after installing
 after-install::
+	if [ ! -f $(dtddir) ]; then \
+	  $(MKDIRS) $(dtddir); \
+	fi; \
 	for file in $(DTD_FILES); do \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$file $(dtddir)/$$file; \
 	done; \