diff --git a/manuals/images/Makefile b/manuals/images/Makefile
index 971af77..019ded7 100644
--- a/manuals/images/Makefile
+++ b/manuals/images/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONVERT=convert
 COPY=cp
+MKDIRCONV=mkdir -p conv/
 
 ORIG_EPS = $(wildcard *.eps)
 CONV_EPS = $(patsubst %.eps,conv/%.eps,$(ORIG_EPS))
@@ -7,17 +8,21 @@ CONV_PNG = $(patsubst %.eps,conv/%.png,$(ORIG_EPS))
 
 all: $(CONV_EPS) $(CONV_PNG) conv/bareos-full-logo.png conv/bareos-full-logo.eps
 
-conv/%.png: %.eps
-	$(CONVERT) $< conv/`basename $< .eps`.png
-
 # bareos-full-logo: png is of better quality than eps, therefore take that as source
 conv/bareos-full-logo.eps: bareos-full-logo.png
+	@$(MKDIRCONV)
 	$(CONVERT) bareos-full-logo.png conv/bareos-full-logo.eps
 
 conv/bareos-full-logo.png: bareos-full-logo.png
+	@$(MKDIRCONV)
 	$(COPY) bareos-full-logo.png conv/
 
+conv/%.png: %.eps
+	@$(MKDIRCONV)
+	$(CONVERT) $< conv/`basename $< .eps`.png
+
 conv/%.eps: %.eps
+	@$(MKDIRCONV)
 	$(COPY) $< conv/$<
 
 clean: