diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpack/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpack/package.nix
index 3e50880ecde5..ca0a865dd807 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpack/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpack/package.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sha256 = "0rai5djdkjz7bsn025k5489in7r1amagw1pib0z4qns6b52kiar2";
   };
 
+  preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic ''
+    mkdir -p build/release/src build/release/test/deps/tap
+  '';
+
   makeFlags = [
     "LIBTOOL=${libtool}/bin/libtool"
     "PREFIX=$(out)"