diff --git a/include/fs.h b/include/fs.h
index bc2ed6c..c17df20 100644
--- a/include/fs.h
+++ b/include/fs.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
 
 off_t lseek(int fildes, off_t offset, int whence);
 int mkdir (const char *pathname, mode_t mode);
+
+/* Create a directory and its parents */
+int make_directory(const char *pathname);
 int rmdir (const char *pathname);
 
 const char *getcwd(void);
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 2ee3d20..423e49a 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 obj-y			+= libbb.o
 obj-y			+= libgen.o
 obj-y			+= recursive_action.o
+obj-y			+= make_directory.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BZLIB)	+= bzlib.o bzlib_crctable.o bzlib_decompress.o bzlib_huffman.o bzlib_randtable.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZLIB)	+= zlib.o gunzip.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRC32)	+= crc32.o
diff --git a/lib/make_directory.c b/lib/make_directory.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf02e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/make_directory.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifdef __U_BOOT__
+#include <fs.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#endif
+
+int make_directory(const char *dir)
+{
+	char *s = strdup(dir);
+	char *path = s;
+	char c;
+
+	do {
+		c = 0;
+
+		/* Bypass leading non-'/'s and then subsequent '/'s. */
+		while (*s) {
+			if (*s == '/') {
+				do {
+					++s;
+				} while (*s == '/');
+				c = *s;		/* Save the current char */
+				*s = 0;		/* and replace it with nul. */
+				break;
+			}
+			++s;
+		}
+
+		if (mkdir(path, 0777) < 0) {
+
+			/* If we failed for any other reason than the directory
+			 * already exists, output a diagnostic and return -1.*/
+#ifdef __U_BOOT__
+			if (errno != -EEXIST)
+#else
+			if (errno != EEXIST)
+#endif
+				break;
+		}
+		if (!c)
+			goto out;
+
+		/* Remove any inserted nul from the path (recursive mode). */
+		*s = c;
+
+	} while (1);
+
+out:
+	free(path);
+	return errno;
+}
+