diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index ec3f72835..b3a57e9f9 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.7.0beta02 - February 15, 2013
+Libpng 1.7.0beta02 - February 16, 2013
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ Version 1.7.0beta01 [February 15, 2013]
   Enclosed the new png_get_palette_max in #ifdef PNG_GET_PALETTE_MAX_SUPPORTED
     block, and revised pnglibconf.h and pnglibconf.h.prebuilt accordingly.
 
-Version 1.7.0beta02 [February 15, 2013]
+Version 1.7.0beta02 [February 16, 2013]
+  Fixed a race condition in the creation of the build 'scripts' directory
+    while building with a parallel make.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d8773e445..526423ba3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4454,7 +4454,9 @@ Version 1.7.0beta01 [February 15, 2013]
   Enclosed the new png_get_palette_max in #ifdef PNG_GET_PALETTE_MAX_SUPPORTED
     block, and revised pnglibconf.h and pnglibconf.h.prebuilt accordingly.
 
-Version 1.7.0beta02 [February 15, 2013]
+Version 1.7.0beta02 [February 16, 2013]
+  Fixed a race condition in the creation of the build 'scripts' directory
+    while building with a parallel make.
 
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1bd4e0808..06dc17506 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ endif
 
 .dfn.out:
 	rm -f $@ $*.c $*.tf[12]
-	test -d scripts || mkdir scripts
+	test -d scripts || mkdir scripts || test -d scripts
 	echo '#include "$<"' >$*.c
 	$(DFNCPP) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)\
 	    $(CPPFLAGS) $(SYMBOL_CFLAGS) $*.c > $*.tf1