diff --git a/package/gmp/gmp.mk b/package/gmp/gmp.mk
index c74fd6eeb0..2344b8d14c 100644
--- a/package/gmp/gmp.mk
+++ b/package/gmp/gmp.mk
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libgmp.so.$(GMP_LIBVERSION): $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/$(GMP_BINARY)
 	cp -a $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libgmp.so* $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libgmp.a \
 		 $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GMP_HEADERS),y)
-	cp -a $(STAGING_DIR)/include/gmp.h $(TARGET_DIR)/include/
+	test -d $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include || mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include
+	cp -a $(STAGING_DIR)/include/gmp.h $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/
 endif
 	$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libgmp.so* \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libgmp.a
diff --git a/package/mpfr/mpfr.mk b/package/mpfr/mpfr.mk
index ebc1673898..d31b134946 100644
--- a/package/mpfr/mpfr.mk
+++ b/package/mpfr/mpfr.mk
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libmpfr.so.$(MPFR_LIBVERSION): $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/$(MPFR_BINAR
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPFR_HEADERS),y)
 	cp -a $(STAGING_DIR)/include/mpfr.h $(STAGING_DIR)/include/mpf2mpfr.h \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/include/
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/
 endif
 	$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libmpfr.so* \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libmpfr.a