diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index fb757526537a4dab855e61eb61ac17fdae959626..59e7e4dfb751c91119fd44d4bd5279a06a5f46e8 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -419,5 +419,15 @@ AC_TRY_LINK( [
 fi
 ## }JMZ: end of large-file support section
 
+if test -d ../obj
+then;
+else mkdir ../obj
+fi
+
+if test -d ../bin
+then;
+else mkdir ../bin
+fi
+
 AC_OUTPUT(makefile)