diff --git a/QGCSetup.pri b/QGCSetup.pri
index 3251240a525f0ee5a90ef5f4bd4214b8d1c6d322..ece49c5a26fd00fd6bf37de68b51c38962f8a566 100644
--- a/QGCSetup.pri
+++ b/QGCSetup.pri
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ WindowsBuild {
     # Copy platform plugins
     P_DIR = $$[QT_INSTALL_PLUGINS]
     PLUGINS_DIR_WIN = $$replace(P_DIR, "/", "\\")
-    QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$escape_expand(\\n) mkdir -p "$$DESTDIR_WIN\\platforms"
+    QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$escape_expand(\\n) if not exist \"$$DESTDIR_WIN\\platforms\" mkdir \"$$DESTDIR_WIN\\platforms\"
     QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$escape_expand(\\n) $$QMAKE_COPY     \"$$PLUGINS_DIR_WIN\\platforms\\qwindows$${DLL_QT_DEBUGCHAR}.dll\" \"$$DESTDIR_WIN\\platforms\\qwindows$${DLL_QT_DEBUGCHAR}.dll\"
     QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$escape_expand(\\n) $$QMAKE_COPY_DIR \"$$PLUGINS_DIR_WIN\\imageformats\" \"$$DESTDIR_WIN\\imageformats\"
     QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$escape_expand(\\n) $$QMAKE_COPY_DIR \"$$PLUGINS_DIR_WIN\\sqldrivers\" \"$$DESTDIR_WIN\\sqldrivers\"