diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a122a737..a428d7a1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ fi
 AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_GMODULE)
 AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_SOCKS_H, [misc..])
 AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_STATIC_PERL)
+AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_STATIC_OTR)
 AH_TEMPLATE(PRIuUOFF_T, [printf()-format for uoff_t, eg. "u" or "lu" or "llu"])
 AH_TEMPLATE(UOFF_T_INT, [What type should be used for uoff_t])
 AH_TEMPLATE(UOFF_T_LONG)
diff --git a/src/otr/module.c b/src/otr/module.c
index 6f65f531..b84dc4af 100644
--- a/src/otr/module.c
+++ b/src/otr/module.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static void create_module_dir(void)
 		g_error("Unable to allocate memory for OTR directory path.");
 
 	if (stat(dir_path, &statbuf) != 0) {
-		if (mkpath(dir_path, 0700) != 0)
+		if (g_mkdir_with_parents(dir_path, 0700) != 0)
 			g_error("Unable to create OTR directory path.");
 	} else if (!S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode))
 		g_error("%s is not a directory.\nYou should remove it with command: rm %s", dir_path, dir_path);