diff --git a/src/raylib.h b/src/raylib.h
index ee34b6441a88..f298fd731985 100644
--- a/src/raylib.h
+++ b/src/raylib.h
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ RLAPI const char *GetDirectoryPath(const char *filePath);         // Get full pa
 RLAPI const char *GetPrevDirectoryPath(const char *dirPath);      // Get previous directory path for a given path (uses static string)
 RLAPI const char *GetWorkingDirectory(void);                      // Get current working directory (uses static string)
 RLAPI const char *GetApplicationDirectory(void);                  // Get the directory of the running application (uses static string)
+RLAPI int MakeDirectory(const char *dirPath);                     // Create directories (including full path requested), returns 0 on success
 RLAPI bool ChangeDirectory(const char *dir);                      // Change working directory, return true on success
 RLAPI bool IsPathFile(const char *path);                          // Check if a given path is a file or a directory
 RLAPI bool IsFileNameValid(const char *fileName);                 // Check if fileName is valid for the platform/OS
diff --git a/src/rcore.c b/src/rcore.c
index 2fd79f5c9bee..1501aced1168 100644
--- a/src/rcore.c
+++ b/src/rcore.c
@@ -191,16 +191,25 @@ unsigned int __stdcall timeEndPeriod(unsigned int uPeriod);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-    #include <direct.h>             // Required for: _getch(), _chdir()
+    #include <io.h>                 // Required for: _access() [Used in FileExists()]
+    #include <direct.h>             // Required for: _getch(), _chdir(), _mkdir()
     #define GETCWD _getcwd          // NOTE: MSDN recommends not to use getcwd(), chdir()
     #define CHDIR _chdir
-    #include <io.h>                 // Required for: _access() [Used in FileExists()]
 #else
     #include <unistd.h>             // Required for: getch(), chdir() (POSIX), access()
     #define GETCWD getcwd
     #define CHDIR chdir
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && ((defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32)) && !defined(__CYGWIN__))
+    #include <direct.h>             // Required for: _mkdir()
+    #define MKDIR(dir)  _mkdir(dir)
+#elif defined __GNUC__
+    #include <sys/types.h>
+    #include <sys/stat.h>           // Required for: mkdir()
+    #define MKDIR(dir)  mkdir(dir)  // OLD: mkdir(dir, 0777) -> w64devkit complaints!
+#endif
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Defines and Macros
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2267,6 +2276,40 @@ void UnloadDirectoryFiles(FilePathList files)
     RL_FREE(files.paths);
 }
 
+// Create directories (including full path requested), returns 0 on success
+int MakeDirectory(const char *dirPath)
+{
+    if ((dirPath == NULL) || (dirPath[0] == '\0')) return 1; // Path is not valid
+    if (DirectoryExists(dirPath)) return 0; // Path already exists (is valid)
+
+    // Copy path string to avoid modifying original
+    int len = (int)strlen(dirPath) + 1;
+    char *pathcpy = (char *)RL_CALLOC(len, 1);
+    memcpy(pathcpy, dirPath, len);
+
+    // Iterate over pathcpy, create each subdirectory as needed
+    for (int i = 0; (i < len) && (pathcpy[i] != '\0'); i++)
+    {
+        if (pathcpy[i] == ':') i++;
+        else
+        {
+            if ((pathcpy[i] == '\\') || (pathcpy[i] == '/'))
+            {
+                pathcpy[i] = '\0';
+                if (!DirectoryExists(pathcpy)) MKDIR(pathcpy);
+                pathcpy[i] = '/';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Create final directory
+    if (!DirectoryExists(pathcpy)) MKDIR(pathcpy);
+
+    RL_FREE(pathcpy);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 // Change working directory, returns true on success
 bool ChangeDirectory(const char *dir)
 {