diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9efb013a..d534a6fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ LIB_SOURCES =	src/libhttp.c						\
 		src/httplib_master_thread.c				\
 		src/httplib_md5.c					\
 		src/httplib_mkcol.c					\
+		src/httplib_mkdir.c					\
 		src/httplib_modify_passwords_file.c			\
 		src/httplib_must_hide_file.c				\
 		src/httplib_open_auth_file.c				\
diff --git a/src/httplib_mkdir.c b/src/httplib_mkdir.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f51d649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/httplib_mkdir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* 
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Lammert Bies
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 the Civetweb developers
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 Sergey Lyubka
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+
+
+#include "libhttp-private.h"
+
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+
+static int mg_mkdir(const struct mg_connection *conn, const char *path, int mode) {
+
+	wchar_t wbuf[PATH_MAX];
+
+	(void)mode;
+	path_to_unicode(conn, path, wbuf, ARRAY_SIZE(wbuf));
+	return CreateDirectoryW(wbuf, NULL) ? 0 : -1;
+
+}  /* mg_mkdir */
+
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
diff --git a/src/libhttp.c b/src/libhttp.c
index ef5f36f6..5103823a 100644
--- a/src/libhttp.c
+++ b/src/libhttp.c
@@ -1970,15 +1970,4 @@ static int mg_remove(const struct mg_connection *conn, const char *path) {
 	return DeleteFileW(wbuf) ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
-
-static int mg_mkdir(const struct mg_connection *conn, const char *path, int mode) {
-
-	wchar_t wbuf[PATH_MAX];
-
-	(void)mode;
-	path_to_unicode(conn, path, wbuf, ARRAY_SIZE(wbuf));
-	return CreateDirectoryW(wbuf, NULL) ? 0 : -1;
-
-}  /* mg_mkdir */
-
 #endif /* _WIN32 */