diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 392365d7bc..0caae4277e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ fi
 echo "Creating $config_mak, $config_h and $target_dir/Makefile"
 
 mkdir -p $target_dir
+if test "$target" = "arm-user" ; then
+  mkdir -p $target_dir/nwfpe
+fi
+
 ln -sf $source_path/Makefile.target $target_dir/Makefile
 
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_mak