diff --git a/wutil.c b/wutil.c
index b939c10df..060547400 100644
--- a/wutil.c
+++ b/wutil.c
@@ -544,3 +544,8 @@ wchar_t *wgetenv( const wchar_t *name )
 	
 }
 
+int wmkdir( const wchar_t *name, int mode )
+{
+	char *name_narrow =wutil_wcs2str(name);
+	return mkdir( name_narrow, mode );
+}
diff --git a/wutil.h b/wutil.h
index 9a802ba11..0f3501731 100644
--- a/wutil.h
+++ b/wutil.h
@@ -133,5 +133,9 @@ const wchar_t *wgettext( const wchar_t *in );
 */
 wchar_t *wgetenv( const wchar_t *name );
 
+/**
+   Wide character version of mkdir
+*/
+int wmkdir( const wchar_t *dir, int mode );
 
 #endif