diff --git a/libobs/util/platform-nix.c b/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
index 75ba4a903..181fa5640 100644
--- a/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
+++ b/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
      distribution.
 ******************************************************************************/
 
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "dstr.h"
@@ -71,3 +74,12 @@ char *os_get_home_path(void)
 	/* TODO */
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+int os_mkdir(const char *path)
+{
+	int errorcode = mkdir(path, S_IRWXU);
+	if (errorcode == 0)
+		return MKDIR_SUCCESS;
+
+	return (errno == EEXIST) ? MKDIR_EXISTS : MKDIR_ERROR;
+}
diff --git a/libobs/util/platform-windows.c b/libobs/util/platform-windows.c
index 62da8bd50..0d464eda1 100644
--- a/libobs/util/platform-windows.c
+++ b/libobs/util/platform-windows.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ char *os_get_home_path(void)
 {
 	char *out;
 	wchar_t path_utf16[MAX_PATH];
+
 	SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT,
 			path_utf16);
 
@@ -160,6 +161,24 @@ char *os_get_home_path(void)
 	return out;
 }
 
+int os_mkdir(const char *path)
+{
+	wchar_t *path_utf16;
+	BOOL success;
+
+	if (!os_utf8_to_wcs(path, 0, &path_utf16))
+		return MKDIR_ERROR;
+
+	success = CreateDirectory(path_utf16, NULL);
+	bfree(path_utf16);
+
+	if (!success)
+		return (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) ?
+			MKDIR_EXISTS : MKDIR_ERROR;
+
+	return MKDIR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 #ifdef PTW32_STATIC_LIB
 
 BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinst_dll, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved)
diff --git a/libobs/util/platform.h b/libobs/util/platform.h
index 2dfe1b0fe..219fdebe8 100644
--- a/libobs/util/platform.h
+++ b/libobs/util/platform.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ EXPORT uint64_t os_gettime_ms(void);
 
 EXPORT char *os_get_home_path(void);
 
+#define MKDIR_EXISTS   1
+#define MKDIR_SUCCESS  0
+#define MKDIR_ERROR   -1
+
+EXPORT int os_mkdir(const char *path);
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 EXPORT int fseeko(FILE *stream, off_t offset, int whence);
 EXPORT off_t ftello(FILE *stream);