diff -Nru emacs23-23.4+1/debian/changelog emacs23-23.4+1/debian/changelog
--- emacs23-23.4+1/debian/changelog	2012-09-08 21:01:04.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs23-23.4+1/debian/changelog	2013-06-25 23:19:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+emacs23 (23.4+1-4.1) 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 22:58:37 +0100
+
 emacs23 (23.4+1-4) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * Add 0018-Don-t-eval-code-when-enable-local-variables-is-safe.patch.
diff -Nru emacs23-23.4+1/debian/rules emacs23-23.4+1/debian/rules
--- emacs23-23.4+1/debian/rules	2012-09-08 20:58:20.000000000 +0100
+++ emacs23-23.4+1/debian/rules	2013-06-25 22:58:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@
         # 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 -)