diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index 937cb39c7..60182a082 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-06-12  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
+
+	* Makefile.in (cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net-nochunks.html.gz):
+	Ensure cygwin-ug-net directory exists.
+
 2015-06-12  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
 
 	* xidepend: Write a Makefile fragment defining variables
diff --git a/winsup/doc/Makefile.in b/winsup/doc/Makefile.in
index 14a8f22c7..856554b4e 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ install-html: cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html cygwin-api/cygwin-api.html
 
 cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net-nochunks.html.gz : $(cygwin-ug-net_SOURCES) cygwin.xsl
 	-$(XMLTO) html-nochunks -m $(srcdir)/cygwin.xsl $<
+	-@$(MKDIRP) cygwin-ug-net
 	-cp cygwin-ug-net.html cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net-nochunks.html
 	-rm -f cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net-nochunks.html.gz
 	-gzip cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net-nochunks.html