diff --git a/bin/create-dictionary-markdown b/bin/create-dictionary-markdown
index 6c5ba64..90bcabd 100755
--- a/bin/create-dictionary-markdown
+++ b/bin/create-dictionary-markdown
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ my $DICT_DIR = "$REPO_DIR/src/dictionary";
 unless (-d $BUILD_DIR)
 {
 	print STDERR "Creating build directory\n";
-	mkdir($BUILD_DIR);
+	system("mkdir", "-p", $BUILD_DIR);
 }
 
 #