diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/mingetty/mingetty_1.08.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/mingetty/mingetty_1.08.bb
index fed5dfd..cbc13c9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/mingetty/mingetty_1.08.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/mingetty/mingetty_1.08.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CC='${CC}'"
 
 do_install(){
     mkdir -p ${D}${mandir}/man8
-    mkdir -p ${D}/sbin
+    mkdir -p ${D}${base_sbindir}
     oe_runmake install DESTDIR=${D}
 }