diff --git a/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js b/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js
index 60aec03e1d..f1e7c2f40b 100644
--- a/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js
+++ b/js/common/bootstrap/module-fs.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*jshint -W051: true */
-/*global require, FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY, FS_MOVE, FS_REMOVE, FS_REMOVE_DIRECTORY, FS_LIST,
+/*global require, FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY, FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY_RECURSIVE, 
+  FS_MOVE, FS_REMOVE, FS_REMOVE_DIRECTORY, FS_LIST,
   FS_REMOVE_RECURSIVE_DIRECTORY, FS_EXISTS, FS_CHMOD, FS_IS_DIRECTORY, FS_IS_FILE,
   FS_MAKE_ABSOLUTE, FS_FILESIZE, FS_GET_TEMP_FILE, FS_GET_TEMP_PATH, FS_LIST_TREE,
   FS_UNZIP_FILE, FS_ZIP_FILE, FS_MTIME, SYS_READ, SYS_READ_BUFFER, SYS_READ64, SYS_SAVE,
@@ -404,33 +405,10 @@
 /// @brief makeDirectoryRecursive
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-  exports.makeDirectoryRecursive = function (path) {
-    'use strict';
-
-    var parts, subPart;
-
-    parts = path.split(exports.pathSeparator);
-    subPart = '';
-
-    parts.forEach(function (s, i) {
-      if (i > 0) {
-        subPart += exports.pathSeparator;
-      }
-      subPart += s;
-      if (subPart.length > 0) {
-        try {
-          // directory may already exist
-          exports.makeDirectory(subPart);
-        }
-        catch (err) {
-          if (err.errorNum !==
-              require("internal").errors.ERROR_FILE_EXISTS.code) {
-            throw(err);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    });
-  };
+  if (typeof FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY_RECURSIVE !== "undefined") {
+    exports.makeDirectoryRecursive = FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY_RECURSIVE;
+    delete FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY_RECURSIVE;
+  }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief mtime
diff --git a/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp b/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
index d1508ed164..e9c80b5aea 100644
--- a/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/V8/v8-utils.cpp
@@ -1493,6 +1493,43 @@ static void JS_MakeDirectory (const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
   TRI_V8_RETURN_UNDEFINED();
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief creates a directory
+/// @startDocuBlock JS_MakeDirectoryRecursive
+/// `fs.makeDirectoryRecursive(path)`
+///
+/// Creates the directory hierarchy specified by *path*.
+/// @endDocuBlock
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+static void JS_MakeDirectoryRecursive (const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
+  v8::Isolate* isolate = args.GetIsolate();
+  v8::HandleScope scope(isolate);
+
+  // 2nd argument (permissions) are ignored for now
+
+  // extract arguments
+  if (args.Length() != 1 && args.Length() != 2) {
+    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_USAGE("makeDirectoryRecursive(<path>)");
+  }
+
+  TRI_Utf8ValueNFC name(TRI_UNKNOWN_MEM_ZONE, args[0]);
+
+  if (*name == nullptr) {
+    TRI_V8_THROW_TYPE_ERROR("<path> must be a string");
+  }
+  long systemError = 0;
+  std::string systemErrorStr;
+  int res = TRI_CreateRecursiveDirectory(*name, systemError, systemErrorStr);
+
+  if (res != TRI_ERROR_NO_ERROR) {
+    TRI_V8_THROW_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE(res, systemErrorStr);
+  }
+
+  TRI_V8_RETURN_UNDEFINED();
+}
+
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief unzips a file
 /// @startDocuBlock JS_Unzip
@@ -4247,6 +4284,7 @@ void TRI_InitV8Utils (v8::Isolate* isolate,
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_LIST"), JS_List);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_LIST_TREE"), JS_ListTree);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY"), JS_MakeDirectory);
+  TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MAKE_DIRECTORY_RECURSIVE"), JS_MakeDirectoryRecursive);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MOVE"), JS_MoveFile);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_MTIME"), JS_MTime);
   TRI_AddGlobalFunctionVocbase(isolate, context, TRI_V8_ASCII_STRING("FS_REMOVE"), JS_Remove);