diff -Nru emacs24-24.3+1/debian/changelog emacs24-24.3+1/debian/changelog
--- emacs24-24.3+1/debian/changelog	2013-04-13 17:12:37.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs24-24.3+1/debian/changelog	2013-06-25 22:31:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+emacs24 (24.3+1-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Fix FTBFS missing directory, thanks to Matt Kraai. (Closes: #707488)
+
+ -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:30:39 +0100
+
 emacs24 (24.3+1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Upgrade to upstream version 24.3 and update debian/copyright,
diff -Nru emacs24-24.3+1/debian/rules emacs24-24.3+1/debian/rules
--- emacs24-24.3+1/debian/rules	2013-04-13 16:41:15.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs24-24.3+1/debian/rules	2013-06-25 22:30:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@
         # emacsXY-el
         ifneq (,$(findstring $(flavor)-el, $(shell dh_listpackages)))
 	  $(pf); \
+	  mkdir -p $(pkgdir_el); \
 	  (cd $(install_dir_x) && find -name "*.el" -o -name "*.el.gz" -print0 \
 	   | tar cpf - --null --files-from -) \
 	     | (cd $(pkgdir_el) && tar xpf -)