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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 7dc40b0961..1b31dc1538 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ numeric gid or #f."
   (touch "/etc/group")
 
   ;; Allow home directories to be created under /var/lib.
-  (mkdir "/var/lib")
+  (mkdir-p "/var/lib")
 
   ;; Create the root account so we can use 'useradd' and 'groupadd'.
   (activate-user (find (match-lambda