diff --git a/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.in b/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.in
index 1cd5b08562e..c05444268ed 100644
--- a/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.in
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ $(JAVAXPIDLSRCS) :
 	cp $(DEPTH)/dist/idl/$(@F) .
 
 mvjava2stubs: chPackageinStubs
-	mv *.java ../classes_spec/org/mozilla/webclient/stubs
+	if test ! -d ../classes_spec/org/mozilla/webclient/stubs ; then mkdir ../classes_spec/org/mozilla/webclient/stubs ; else true ; fi ;
+	mv *.java ../classes_spec/org/mozilla/webclient/stubs/.
 
 chPackageinStubs: idl2java
 	perl chPackage.pl unix nsIProfile.java "org.mozilla.webclient.stubs"
diff --git a/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.win b/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.win
index faea1254824..b7a21e11b1e 100644
--- a/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.win
+++ b/mozilla/java/webclient/import/Makefile.win
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $(JAVAXPIDLSRCS) :
 	copy $(DEPTH)\dist\idl\$(@F) .
 
 mvjava2stubs:
+	-mkdir ..\classes_spec\org\mozilla\webclient\stubs
 	copy *.java ..\classes_spec\org\mozilla\webclient\stubs
 
 chPackageinStubs: