diff --git a/dev-support/bin/dist-copynativelibs b/dev-support/bin/dist-copynativelibs
index 7f2b6ad1f5..95de186e7e 100755
--- a/dev-support/bin/dist-copynativelibs
+++ b/dev-support/bin/dist-copynativelibs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ fi
 
 # Windows doesn't have a LIB_DIR, everything goes into bin
 
-if [[ -d "${BIN_DIR}" ]] ; then
+if [[ -d "${BIN_DIR}" && $(ls -A "${BIN_DIR}") ]] ; then
   mkdir -p "${TARGET_BIN_DIR}"
   cd "${BIN_DIR}"  || exit 1
   ${TAR} ./* | (cd "${TARGET_BIN_DIR}"/ || exit 1; ${UNTAR})