diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
index f0898a3115..c7f928ff1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-schemas-install --disable-meanwhile
  --enable-cyrus-sasl --disable-doxygen --enable-nm --disable-vv
  --with-system-ssl-certs=/etc/ssl/certs --disable-tk
  --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/usr/share/gconf/schemas
- --disable-gnutls"
+ --disable-gnutls --disable-tcl"
 short_desc="Multi-protocol instant messaging client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ makedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel gtk+-devel libXext-devel
  avahi-glib-libs-devel dbus-glib-devel NetworkManager-devel nss-devel
  libsasl-devel libXext-devel libSM-devel"
 
+pre_configure() {
+	# Create this to make configure happy.
+	install -d /etc/ssl/certs
+}
+
 post_install() {
         mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gconf/schemas/*.schemas ${wrksrc}
         gconf-merge-schema ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gconf/schemas/purple.schemas \