diff --git a/src/mkdirp.c b/src/mkdirp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7deed44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mkdirp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int uc_mkdir_p(const char *full_path, mode_t mode)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    int rc = 0;
+    char *path;
+    char *p;
+
+    if (full_path == NULL || full_path[0] == 0) {
+
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    rc = stat(full_path, &st);
+    if (rc == 0) { //already exists
+        if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+            errno = ENOTDIR;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (st.st_mode != (mode | S_IFDIR) && chmod(full_path, mode) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    path = strdup(full_path);
+    if (path == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    //skip leading /
+    for (p = path; *p == '/'; p++)
+        ;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        p = strchr(p, '/');
+        if (p == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        *p = 0;
+
+        rc = stat(path, &st);
+        if (rc != 0) { //doesn't exist
+            if (mkdir(path, mode) != 0) {
+                free(path);
+                return -1;
+            }
+        } else if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+                errno = ENOTDIR;
+                free(path);
+                return -1;
+        } else { //dir already exist
+
+            if (st.st_mode != (mode | S_IFDIR) && chmod(path, mode) != 0) {
+                free(path);
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        //in case of multiple / , e.g. foo//bar
+        *p = '/';
+        for (; *p == '/'; p++)
+            ;
+    }
+
+    //last part, in case full_path does not end with a /
+    rc = stat(path, &st);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        rc = mkdir(path, mode);
+    }
+
+    free(path);
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    uc_mkdir_p("a/b//c/d", 0777);
+}