1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 9d7323129..db4609e84 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ int bb_make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
                 c = 0;
 
                 if (flags & FILEUTILS_RECUR) {  /* Get the parent. */
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+                        /* skip drive letter and initial slashes */
+                        if (s == path && *s && s[1] == ':') {
+                                s += 2;
+                                while (*s == '/')
+                                        s++;
+                        }
+#endif
                         /* Bypass leading non-'/'s and then subsequent '/'s. */
                         while (*s) {
                                 if (*s == '/') {