diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog b/tools/ChangeLog
index 89c7bc7e..09c16d2d 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Id$
 
+  28 Sep 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> catalyst-auto:
+  Move pre_build() call after creation of dirs
+
   28 Sep 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> catalyst-auto:
   Add pre_build() and post_build() support
 
diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto b/tools/catalyst-auto
index 27ec514c..1028d6b8 100755
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ source ${config_file}
 TMPDIR=/tmp/catalyst-auto.${PID}
 DATESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 
-if ! run_cmd "pre_build" "${TMPDIR}/log/pre_build.log"; then
-  send_email "Catalyst build error - pre_build" "$(echo -e "Your pre_build function sucks\n\n"; tail -n 200 "${TMPDIR}/log/pre_build.log")"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ ${verbose} = 1 ]; then
   echo "TMPDIR = ${TMPDIR}"
   echo "DATESTAMP = ${DATESTAMP}"
@@ -119,6 +114,11 @@ for i in ${TMPDIR} ${TMPDIR}/specs ${TMPDIR}/kconfig ${TMPDIR}/log; do
   fi
 done
 
+if ! run_cmd "pre_build" "${TMPDIR}/log/pre_build.log"; then
+  send_email "Catalyst build error - pre_build" "$(echo -e "Your pre_build function sucks\n\n"; tail -n 200 "${TMPDIR}/log/pre_build.log")"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 cd ${SPECS_DIR}
 
 for i in ${SPECS}; do