diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/03-remove-empty-dirs.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/03-remove-empty-dirs.sh
index be91eee433..4e73f6b34f 100644
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/03-remove-empty-dirs.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/post-install/03-remove-empty-dirs.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ hook() {
 		rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty -p "$f" &>/dev/null
 		msg_warn "$pkgver: removed empty dir: ${_dir}\n"
 	done
+	# Create PKGDESTDIR in case it has been removed previously.
+	mkdir -p ${PKGDESTDIR}
 }
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/01-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from common/hooks/post-install/01-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh
rename to common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/01-create-xbps-vpkg-files.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-vpkg-files.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from common/hooks/post-install/01-create-xbps-vpkg-files.sh
rename to common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-vpkg-files.sh