diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/dist/tlc-1.0.0/INSTALL.sh b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/dist/tlc-1.0.0/INSTALL.sh
index c692dd7ef4..30f7d21aae 100755
--- a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/dist/tlc-1.0.0/INSTALL.sh
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/dist/tlc-1.0.0/INSTALL.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ if [[ "${1:-}" == "--user" ]]; then
     user_install=1
 fi
 
+mkdir -p "${bindir}" "${mandir}" "${datadir}" "${configdir}"
+mkdir -p "${datadir}/locales" "${datadir}/mc-skins"
+
 # Resolve the directory this script lives in.
 script_dir="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)"
 
-mkdir -p "${bindir}" "${mandir}" "${datadir}" "${configdir}"
-
 install -m 0755 "${script_dir}/bin/tlc"     "${bindir}/tlc"
 install -m 0755 "${script_dir}/bin/tlcedit" "${bindir}/tlcedit"
 install -m 0755 "${script_dir}/bin/tlcview" "${bindir}/tlcview"