diff --git a/bin/install_module b/bin/install_module
index 3e97836760efc6eb82179e6f5e49a80cfc1235c2..89824b4cd80315a64f3ade9cef18d89c118344fe 100755
--- a/bin/install_module
+++ b/bin/install_module
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
 FROM="$1"
 TO="$2"
 
+DIRS_TO_MAKE=
+
 DIR="$TO"
 while :
 do
   DIR=`echo $DIR | sed -e 's@/[^/]*$@@'`
+
   case "$DIR" in
     *.pmod)
       if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ do
         break
       fi
 
+#FIXME: Add sed expression to quote spaces, quotes etc. in $DIR
+      DIRS_TO_MAKE="$DIR $DIRS_TO_MAKE"
     ;;
     *) break ;;
   esac
@@ -42,6 +47,12 @@ done
 
 BASE=`echo $TO | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$//'`
 
+if test "x$DIRS_TO_MAKE" != x; then
+  mkdir $DIRS_TO_MAKE
+else
+  :
+fi
+
 if [ -d "$BASE.pmod" ]; then
   EXT=`echo $TO | sed -e 's@(\.[^.]$)@\1@/'`
   TO="$BASE.pmod/module.$EXT"