diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ca-certificates-mozilla/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ca-certificates-mozilla/package.py
index 3b6cdbd5704..f1a39062288 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ca-certificates-mozilla/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ca-certificates-mozilla/package.py
@@ -121,5 +121,6 @@ def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dep_spec):
     # Install the the pem file as share/cacert.pem
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         share = join_path(prefix, "share")
-        mkdir(share)
+        # https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/32948
+        mkdirp(share)
         install("cacert-{0}.pem".format(spec.version), join_path(share, "cacert.pem"))