diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
index 58cac0b..72d22b6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ do_install_append() {
 
 	# We don't need to package an empty directory
 	rmdir ${D}${libdir}/connman/scripts
+
+	# Automake 1.12 won't install empty directories, but we need the
+	# plugins directory to be present for ownership
+	mkdir -p ${D}${libdir}/connman/plugins
 }
 
 # These used to be plugins, but now they are core