diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 6664ef10e8d..294a03cd152 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ LIBSUBDIRS=	tkinter tkinter/test tkinter/test/test_tkinter \
                 tkinter/test/test_ttk site-packages test \
 		test/decimaltestdata test/xmltestdata \
 		test/tracedmodules \
-		encodings \
+		concurrent encodings \
 		email email/mime email/test email/test/data \
 		html json json/tests http dbm xmlrpc \
 		sqlite3 sqlite3/test \