diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 56d558d7af6..00cd1c92f40 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ const boost::filesystem::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific)
     if (fNetSpecific && GetBoolArg("-testnet", false))
         path /= "testnet3";
 
-    fs::create_directory(path);
+    fs::create_directories(path);
 
     fCachedPath[fNetSpecific] = true;
     return path;