https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1572
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae31138..cf0cc3b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_SED
 AC_PROG_AWK
+AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AM_WITH_DMALLOC
 AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__
 AX_GCC_ARCHFLAG([yes])