diff --git a/srcpkgs/sysvinit/template b/srcpkgs/sysvinit/template
index 31c3cfb338a..9d92144ce14 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sysvinit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sysvinit/template
@@ -17,21 +17,27 @@ Add_dependency full util-linux-ng
 Add_dependency full coreutils
 Add_dependency full gawk
 
-do_install()
+do_build()
 {
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/bin ${DESTDIR}/sbin
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man5
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man8
-
+	cd ${wrksrc} || return 1
 	sed -i -e 's/utmpdump wall/utmpdump/' \
 		-e 's/mountpoint.1 wall.1/mountpoint.1/' src/Makefile
 	sed -i 's/\(.*\)\(Sending processes\)\(.*\)/\1\2 started by init\3/' \
-		$wrksrc/src/init.c
+		src/init.c
+	make -C src || return 1
+}
 
-	cd $wrksrc && make -C src && \
-		make -C src MANDIR=/usr/share/man ROOT=${DESTDIR} install
+do_install()
+{
+	cd ${wrksrc} || return 1
+
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}/bin ${DESTDIR}/sbin \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/bin ${DESTDIR}/usr/include \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1 \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man5 \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man8
+
+	make -C src MANDIR=/usr/share/man ROOT=${DESTDIR} install
 	# Remove unneeded stuff
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/include
 }