diff --git a/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.38.6.bb b/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.38.6.bb
index a507c3f7..3be8fea2 100644
--- a/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.38.6.bb
+++ b/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.38.6.bb
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ WEBKITGTK_API_VERSION := "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'soup2', '4.0',
 # Install MiniBrowser in PATH
 do_install:append() {
     if test -f "${D}${libexecdir}/webkit2gtk-${WEBKITGTK_API_VERSION}" ; then
-        mkdir -p ${D}${bindir}
+        install -d ${D}${bindir}
         mv ${D}${libexecdir}/webkit2gtk-${WEBKITGTK_API_VERSION}/MiniBrowser ${D}${bindir}
     fi
 }
diff --git a/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.40.1.bb b/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.40.1.bb
index 6d7666dd..e8437c3a 100644
--- a/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.40.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-browser/webkitgtk/webkitgtk_2.40.1.bb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ WEBKITGTK_API_VERSION := "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'soup2', '4.0',
 # Install MiniBrowser in PATH
 do_install:append() {
     if test -f "${D}${libexecdir}/webkit2gtk-${WEBKITGTK_API_VERSION}" ; then
-        mkdir -p ${D}${bindir}
+        install -d ${D}${bindir}
         mv ${D}${libexecdir}/webkit2gtk-${WEBKITGTK_API_VERSION}/MiniBrowser ${D}${bindir}
     fi
 }