diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b94f5a1f95..2b06bb80d0 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-11-20  Russell Bryant <russell@digium.com>
 
+	* Makefile: Create the monitor spool directory when the other spool directories are created.
+
 	* pbx.c.c: Remove some useless checks and unnecessary calls to ast_strlen_zero(). (issue #5805)
 
 	* cli.c: Remove some unnecessary calls to ast_strlen_zero(). (issue #5804)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2ce5c4bda..815644f812 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ bininstall: all
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSPOOLDIR)/system
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSPOOLDIR)/tmp
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSPOOLDIR)/meetme
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSPOOLDIR)/monitor
 	if [ -f asterisk ]; then $(INSTALL) -m 755 asterisk $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/; fi
 	if [ -f cygwin/asterisk.exe ]; then $(INSTALL) -m 755 cygwin/asterisk.exe $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/; fi
 	if [ -f asterisk.dll ]; then $(INSTALL) -m 755 asterisk.dll $(DESTDIR)$(ASTSBINDIR)/; fi