--- parrot-svn/config/gen/makefiles.pm	2009-03-16 08:58:04.000000000 -0400
+++ parrot-andy/config/gen/makefiles.pm	2009-03-16 10:32:15.299615246 -0400
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@
         ? split ' ', $targets
         : keys %{ $self->{makefiles} };
 
+    # As of 1.0, the languages directory is empty and needs to
+    # be created (unless a previous run created it already.)
+    if (! -d "languages") {
+        mkdir "languages" or die "Unable to create directory 'languages': $!\n";
+    }
+
     foreach my $target (@targets) {
         $target =~ s/\\/\//g if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
         my $args   = $self->{makefiles}->{$target};