diff --git a/testing/daemontools-encore/APKBUILD b/testing/daemontools-encore/APKBUILD
index 610c3f6b1cb..1fdb2eb35e9 100644
--- a/testing/daemontools-encore/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/daemontools-encore/APKBUILD
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ build() {
 }
 
 package() {
-	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/{bin,share/man}"
+	install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/bin"
+	install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/man"
 	make install
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/svscan.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/svscan
 }