diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2b10f9cc8f8..956b09d2ed0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6862,6 +6862,7 @@ dlls/ddraw/ddraw \
 dlls/ddraw/direct3d \
 dlls/ddraw/dpalette \
 dlls/ddraw/dsurface \
+dlls/kernel/messages \
 "
 for i in $extra_subdirs; do [ -d $i ] || (echo "creating $i" && mkdir $i); done 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 58397ef55d6..360f95755de 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ dlls/ddraw/ddraw \
 dlls/ddraw/direct3d \
 dlls/ddraw/dpalette \
 dlls/ddraw/dsurface \
+dlls/kernel/messages \
 "
 for i in $extra_subdirs; do [ -d $i ] || (echo "creating $i" && mkdir $i); done ])