diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 73283d3..07b63ec 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ INSTALL_MAN	= ${INSTALL} -m 444
 DEFS		=
 DYNFILTER	= @DYNFILTER@
 
+LDFLAGS += -L ./agrep/
+
 prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 binprefix =
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ agrep:		$(PROGAGREP)
 NOTSall:	$(NOTSPROG) $(NOTSPROGSERVER)
 
 build-sub:
+	@-mkdir $(BINDIR)
+	@-mkdir $(LIBDIR)
 	for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \
 		( cd $$d; $(MAKE) ); \
 	done
diff --git a/glimpse/index/Makefile.in b/glimpse/index/Makefile.in
index 767be1c..8e9182a 100644
--- a/glimpse/index/Makefile.in
+++ b/glimpse/index/Makefile.in
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
 DEFS		=
 
+LDFLAGS += -L ./../agrep/
+
 prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 binprefix =
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ manext = 1
 # The binaries will be made in ../bin/. and the agrep library is assumed to
 # be in ../lib . You normally don't have to change them.
 # NOTE: INDEXDIR can be a relative or absolute path name.
-BINDIR		= ../bin
+BINDIR		= ../../bin
 AGREPDIR	= ../agrep
 INDEXDIR	= ../index
 TEMPLATEDIR	= ../libtemplate