diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2d31d9e010..8ee1f0022ed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ endif()
 
 set(PCL_OUTPUT_LIB_DIR "${PCL_BINARY_DIR}/${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}")
 set(PCL_OUTPUT_BIN_DIR "${PCL_BINARY_DIR}/${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}")
-make_directory("${PCL_OUTPUT_LIB_DIR}")
-make_directory("${PCL_OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}")
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${PCL_OUTPUT_LIB_DIR}")
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${PCL_OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}")
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PCL_OUTPUT_LIB_DIR}")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PCL_OUTPUT_BIN_DIR}")
 if(WIN32)