diff --git a/external/subpack/mail/sendmail/patches/103-create-install-dirs.patch b/external/subpack/mail/sendmail/patches/103-create-install-dirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa99810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/subpack/mail/sendmail/patches/103-create-install-dirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- a/sendmail/Makefile.m4
++++ b/sendmail/Makefile.m4
+@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ install-set-user-id: bldCURRENT_PRODUCT
+ 	${INSTALL} -c -o ${S`'BINOWN} -g ${S`'BINGRP} -m ${S`'BINMODE} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT ${DESTDIR}${M`'BINDIR}
+ 	for i in ${sendmailTARGET_LINKS}; do \
+ 		rm -f $$i; \
++		mkdir -p $$(dirname $$i); \
+ 		${LN} ${LNOPTS} ${M`'BINDIR}/sendmail $$i; \
+ 	done
+ 
+@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ install-sm-mta: bldCURRENT_PRODUCT
+ 	${INSTALL} -c -o ${M`'BINOWN} -g ${M`'BINGRP} -m ${M`'BINMODE} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT ${DESTDIR}${M`'BINDIR}/sm-mta
+ 	for i in confMTA_LINKS; do \
+ 		rm -f $$i; \
++		mkdir -p $$(dirname $$i); \
+ 		${LN} ${LNOPTS} ${M`'BINDIR}/sm-mta $$i; \
+ 	done
+ 
+--- a/devtools/M4/UNIX/links.m4
++++ b/devtools/M4/UNIX/links.m4
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ define(`bldMAKE_SOURCE_LINKS',
+ define(`bldMAKE_TARGET_LINKS',
+ `	for i in $2; do \
+ 		rm -f $$i; \
++		mkdir -p $$(dirname $$i); \
+ 		ln -s $1 $$i; \
+ 	done'
+ )dnl
+--- a/cf/cf/Makefile
++++ b/cf/cf/Makefile
+@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ install:
+ install-cf:  install-sendmail-cf install-submit-cf
+ 
+ install-sendmail-cf: $(CF).cf
++	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}$(MAILDIR)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -c -m $(CFMODE) $(CF).cf ${DESTDIR}$(MAILDIR)/sendmail.cf
+ 
+ install-submit-cf: $(SUBMIT).cf
++	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}$(MAILDIR)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -c -m $(CFMODE) $(SUBMIT).cf ${DESTDIR}$(MAILDIR)/submit.cf
+ 
+ depend: