diff --git a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
index 1175e737..bef98b69 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 
 	install -m 0755 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirtd.sh ${D}/etc/init.d/libvirtd
 	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirtd.conf ${D}/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
-	install -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirt-qemu.conf ${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/sysusers.d/libvirt-qemu.conf
+	install -d -m 0644 ${UNPACKDIR}/libvirt-qemu.conf ${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/sysusers.d/libvirt-qemu.conf
 
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','true','false',d)}; then
 	    # This will wind up in the libvirtd package, but will NOT be invoked by default.