diff --git a/amxmodx/amxmodx.cpp b/amxmodx/amxmodx.cpp
index f41b5833..3e7bb866 100755
--- a/amxmodx/amxmodx.cpp
+++ b/amxmodx/amxmodx.cpp
@@ -2771,6 +2771,18 @@ static cell AMX_NATIVE_CALL lang_phrase(AMX *amx, cell *params)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static cell AMX_NATIVE_CALL amx_mkdir(AMX *amx, cell *params)
+{
+	int len = 0;
+	char *path = get_amxstring(amx, params[1], 0, len);
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+	return mkdir(path, 0700);
+#else
+	return mkdir(path);
+#endif
+}
+
 AMX_NATIVE_INFO amxmod_Natives[] = {
   { "client_cmd",       client_cmd },
   { "client_print",     client_print },
@@ -2934,5 +2946,6 @@ AMX_NATIVE_INFO amxmod_Natives[] = {
   { "md5_file",			amx_md5_file },
   { "plugin_flags",		plugin_flags},
   { "lang_phrase",		lang_phrase},
+  { "mkdir",			amx_mkdir},
   { NULL, NULL }
 };
diff --git a/plugins/include/amxmodx.inc b/plugins/include/amxmodx.inc
index 3536df25..eb479c87 100755
--- a/plugins/include/amxmodx.inc
+++ b/plugins/include/amxmodx.inc
@@ -677,4 +677,7 @@ forward plugin_modules();
 
 native require_module(const module[]);
 
-native is_amd64_server();
\ No newline at end of file
+native is_amd64_server();
+
+/* Returns 0 on success, like the POSIX specification */
+native mkdir(const dirname[]);
\ No newline at end of file