diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 8d428e1851..f9fa2b34bd 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ function install (fs, gyp, argv, callback) {
           log.verbose(name, 'dir', dir)
           log.verbose(name, 'url', libUrl)
 
-          mkdir(dir, function (err) {
+          fs.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }, function (err) {
             if (err) {
               return done(err)
             }
diff --git a/test/test-configure-python.js b/test/test-configure-python.js
index d08f9e5ed3..ac25f7972e 100644
--- a/test/test-configure-python.js
+++ b/test/test-configure-python.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const configure = requireInject('../lib/configure', {
     openSync: function () { return 0 },
     closeSync: function () { },
     writeFile: function (file, data, cb) { cb() },
-    stat: function (file, cb) { cb(null, {}) }
+    stat: function (file, cb) { cb(null, {}) },
+    mkdir: function (dir, options, cb) { cb() }
   }
 })