diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUtils.cpp b/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUtils.cpp
index 36ee8e90651..efff6599300 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUtils.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUtils.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ nsImapURI2Path(const char* rootURI, const char* uriStr, nsFileSpec& pathResult)
     rv = server->GetLocalPath(&localPath);
     
     if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
+		nsFileSpec dirCreator(localPath, PR_TRUE);	// force parent directories to be created
       pathResult = localPath;
       pathResult.CreateDirectory();
       PL_strfree(localPath);