diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 20b124f89cb..58d1a1080df 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-11-08  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Makefile.in (${buildinfodir}/ccmode.info)
+	(${buildinfodir}/efaq%.info): Ensure output directory exists.
+
 2014-11-07  Tassilo Horn  <tsdh@gnu.org>
 
 	* gnus.texi (HTML): Update section so that it mentions shr and w3m.
diff --git a/doc/misc/Makefile.in b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
index 250d3c39c45..7a2287af710 100644
--- a/doc/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ $(buildinfodir)/semantic.info semantic.dvi semantic.pdf semantic.html: ${srcdir}
 
 
 ## Please can we just rename cc-mode.texi to ccmode.texi...
-${buildinfodir}/ccmode.info: ${srcdir}/cc-mode.texi ${gfdl}
+${buildinfodir}/ccmode.info: ${srcdir}/cc-mode.texi ${gfdl} | ${buildinfodir}
 	$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFO_OPTS) $(INFO_OPTS) -o $@ $<
 
 ## efaq, efaq_w32 do not depend on gfdl.
 ## Maybe we can use .SECONDEXPANSION for this.
-${buildinfodir}/efaq%.info: ${srcdir}/efaq%.texi
+${buildinfodir}/efaq%.info: ${srcdir}/efaq%.texi | ${buildinfodir}
 	$(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFO_OPTS) $(INFO_OPTS) -o $@ $<
 
 efaq%.dvi: ${srcdir}/efaq%.texi