$OpenBSD$
--- mkinstalldirs.orig	Thu Dec  1 13:42:22 2011
+++ mkinstalldirs	Thu Dec  1 13:42:44 2011
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ do
     esac
 
     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-      echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
+      echo "mkdir -p $pathcomp"
 
-      mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
+      mkdir -p "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
 
       if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
 	errstatus=$lasterr
