diff --git a/gtk2-fix-install.patch b/gtk2-fix-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d972d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk2-fix-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up gtk+-2.17.11/po/Makefile.in.in.fix-install gtk+-2.17.11/po/Makefile.in.in
+--- gtk+-2.17.11/po/Makefile.in.in.fix-install	2009-09-05 01:19:45.303824009 -0400
++++ gtk+-2.17.11/po/Makefile.in.in	2009-09-05 01:19:14.632573806 -0400
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ install-data: install-data-@USE_NLS@
+ install-data-no: all
+ install-data-yes: all
+ 	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
+-	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
++	catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
+ 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
+ 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
+ 	  case "$$cat" in \
+diff -up gtk+-2.17.11/po-properties/Makefile.in.in.fix-install gtk+-2.17.11/po-properties/Makefile.in.in
+--- gtk+-2.17.11/po-properties/Makefile.in.in.fix-install	2009-09-05 01:19:54.543583934 -0400
++++ gtk+-2.17.11/po-properties/Makefile.in.in	2009-09-05 01:20:16.427830666 -0400
+@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ install-data: install-data-@USE_NLS@
+ install-data-no: all
+ install-data-yes: all
+ 	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir); \
+-	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
++	catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
+ 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
+ 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
+ 	  case "$$cat" in \
diff --git a/gtk2.spec b/gtk2.spec
index 7cbe82b..04b538e 100644
--- a/gtk2.spec
+++ b/gtk2.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Source3: im-cedilla.conf
 # Biarch changes
 Patch0: gtk+-2.13.5-lib64.patch
 
+Patch1: gtk2-fix-install.patch
+
 BuildRequires: atk-devel >= %{atk_version}
 BuildRequires: pango-devel >= %{pango_version}
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ This package contains developer documentation for the GTK+ widget toolkit.
 %setup -q -n gtk+-%{version}
 
 %patch0 -p1 -b .lib64
+%patch1 -p1 -b .fix-install
 
 # make sure that gtkmarshalers.{c, h} get regenerated during the build
 #  - caused by print_authentication.patch
@@ -215,17 +218,17 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT        \
 %find_lang gtk20
 %find_lang gtk20-properties
 
-./mkinstalldirs $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/gtk-2.0
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/gtk-2.0
 #
 # Make cleaned-up versions of tutorials, examples, and faq for installation
 #
-./mkinstalldirs tmpdocs
+mkdir -p tmpdocs
 cp -aR docs/tutorial/html tmpdocs/tutorial
 cp -aR docs/faq/html tmpdocs/faq
 
 for dir in examples/* ; do
   if [ -d $dir ] ; then
-     ./mkinstalldirs tmpdocs/$dir
+     mkdir -p tmpdocs/$dir
      for file in $dir/* ; do
        install -m 0644 $file tmpdocs/$dir
      done