2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brewkit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brewkit.rb
index 8ca71d332..c24205b54 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brewkit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brewkit.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Formula
       @version = $1
     end
   end
-  
+
 private
   def maybe_mkpath path
     path.mkpath unless path.exist?
diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 825872d93..58467a587 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ begin
       beginning = Time.now
       o=__obj(name)
       raise "#{o.prefix} already exists!" if o.prefix.exist?
+      o.prefix.mkpath
       o.brew { o.install }
       ohai 'Finishing up'
       o.clean