diff --git a/Shorewall-common/install.sh b/Shorewall-common/install.sh
index 6c162426c..07583a7a4 100755
--- a/Shorewall-common/install.sh
+++ b/Shorewall-common/install.sh
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ if [ -n "$PREFIX" ]; then
     if [ -z "$CYGWIN" -a `id -u` != 0 ] ; then
 	echo "Not setting file owner/group permissions, not running as root."
 	OWNERSHIP=""
-
-	install -d $OWNERSHIP -m 755 ${PREFIX}/sbin
-	install -d $OWNERSHIP -m 755 ${PREFIX}${DEST}
     fi    
+
+    install -d $OWNERSHIP -m 755 ${PREFIX}/sbin
+    install -d $OWNERSHIP -m 755 ${PREFIX}${DEST}
 else
     [ -x /usr/share/shorewall-shell/compiler -o -x /usr/share/shorewall-perl/compiler.pl ] || \
 	{ echo "   ERROR: No Shorewall compiler is installed" >&2; exit 1; }