diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
index 4c68192444..5128c4d520 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ class Keg
       when "dtrace" then :mkpath
       when /^gdk-pixbuf/ then :mkpath
       when "ghc" then :mkpath
+      when /^gio/ then :mkpath
       when "lua" then :mkpath
       when /^node/ then :mkpath
       when /^ocaml/ then :mkpath