diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index fef92416e..2811edc5c 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ syntax: regexp
 ^acme/bin/(386|68000|68020|alpha|amd64|arm|power|power64|sparc|sparc64)(/|$)
 ^adm/(cache|keys|netkeys|secstore|users|whois|timezone/local)(/|$)
 ^lib/(ndb|audio|firmware)(/|$)
+^lib/rfc/(drafts|index|rfc.*)(/|$)
 ^sys/doc/.*\.(html|ps|pdf|png|out)$
 ^sys/lib/(pkg|lp/log|man/lookman/index)(/|$)
 ^sys/lib/python/.*\.(pyo|pyc|exe)$
diff --git a/lib/rfc/grabrfc b/lib/rfc/grabrfc
index c1fb48971..4e06df312 100755
--- a/lib/rfc/grabrfc
+++ b/lib/rfc/grabrfc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ ftpfs -q/ -a $user@$dom ftp.ietf.org
 # copy in new ones
 found=no
 LIB=/lib/rfc/drafts
+mkdir -p $LIB
 cd /n/ftp/internet-drafts
 for(i in *){
 	target=$i