diff --git a/waflib/extras/buildcopy.py b/waflib/extras/buildcopy.py
index e742e540..a6d9ac83 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/buildcopy.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/buildcopy.py
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ class buildcopy(Task.Task):
 
 	def run(self):
 		for f,t in self.node_pairs:
+			t.parent.mkdir()
 			shutil.copy2(f.abspath(), t.abspath())