diff --git a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.27-r5.ebuild b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.27-r5.ebuild
index e123d28e80d57..a42e486dd6b7d 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.27-r5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.27-r5.ebuild
@@ -1215,10 +1215,8 @@ glibc_do_src_install() {
 		# gcc likes to use relative paths to get to its multilibs like
 		# /usr/lib/../lib64/.  So while we don't install any files into
 		# /usr/lib/, we do need it to exist.
-		cd "${ED}"$(alt_libdir)/..
-		[[ -e lib ]] || mkdir lib
-		cd "${ED}"$(alt_usrlibdir)/..
-		[[ -e lib ]] || mkdir lib
+		keepdir $(alt_prefix)/lib
+		keepdir $(alt_prefix)/usr/lib
 
 		dosym usr/include $(alt_prefix)/sys-include
 		return 0
diff --git a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild
index a0c2c4f3d45e3..49b14e0284ec4 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild
@@ -1219,10 +1219,8 @@ glibc_do_src_install() {
 		# gcc likes to use relative paths to get to its multilibs like
 		# /usr/lib/../lib64/.  So while we don't install any files into
 		# /usr/lib/, we do need it to exist.
-		cd "${ED}"$(alt_libdir)/..
-		[[ -e lib ]] || mkdir lib
-		cd "${ED}"$(alt_usrlibdir)/..
-		[[ -e lib ]] || mkdir lib
+		keepdir $(alt_prefix)/lib
+		keepdir $(alt_prefix)/usr/lib
 
 		dosym usr/include $(alt_prefix)/sys-include
 		return 0