diff --git a/lib/ncp.js b/lib/ncp.js
index bc25a05..104cece 100644
--- a/lib/ncp.js
+++ b/lib/ncp.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs'),
     path = require('path'),
-    util = require('util');
+    util = require('util'),
+    mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
 const modern = /^v0\.1\d\.\d+/.test(process.version);
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ function ncp (source, dest, options, callback) {
   limit = (limit < 1) ? 1 : (limit > 512) ? 512 : limit;
 
   startCopy(currentPath);
-  
+
   function startCopy(source) {
     started++;
     if (filter) {
@@ -118,10 +119,10 @@ function ncp (source, dest, options, callback) {
   function copyFile(file, target) {
     var readStream = fs.createReadStream(file.name),
         writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(target, { mode: file.mode });
-    
+
     readStream.on('error', onError);
     writeStream.on('error', onError);
-    
+
     if(transform) {
       transform(readStream, writeStream, file);
     } else {
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ function ncp (source, dest, options, callback) {
   }
 
   function mkDir(dir, target) {
-    fs.mkdir(target, dir.mode, function (err) {
+    mkdirp(target, dir.mode, function (err) {
       if (err) {
         return onError(err);
       }
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ function ncp (source, dest, options, callback) {
     if (typeof errs.write === 'undefined') {
       errs.push(err);
     }
-    else { 
+    else {
       errs.write(err.stack + '\n\n');
     }
     return cb();
@@ -262,5 +263,3 @@ function ncp (source, dest, options, callback) {
     }
   }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 325a552..c4f2a5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 {
-    "name" : "ncp",
-    "version" : "1.0.1",
-    "author": "AvianFlu <charlie@charlieistheman.com>",
-    "description" : "Asynchronous recursive file copy utility.",
-    "bin": {
-      "ncp": "./bin/ncp"
-    },
-    "devDependencies" : {
-        "mocha": "1.15.x",
-        "rimraf" : "1.0.x",
-        "read-dir-files" : "0.0.x"
-    },
-    "main": "./lib/ncp.js",
-    "repository" : {
-        "type" : "git",
-        "url" : "https://github.com/AvianFlu/ncp.git"
-    },
-    "keywords" : [
-        "cli",
-        "copy"
-    ],
-    "license" : "MIT",
-    "engine" : {
-        "node" : ">=0.8"
-    },
-    "scripts" : {
-      "test": "mocha -R spec"
-    }
+  "name": "ncp",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "author": "AvianFlu <charlie@charlieistheman.com>",
+  "description": "Asynchronous recursive file copy utility.",
+  "bin": {
+    "ncp": "./bin/ncp"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "mocha": "1.15.x",
+    "rimraf": "1.0.x",
+    "read-dir-files": "0.0.x"
+  },
+  "main": "./lib/ncp.js",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/AvianFlu/ncp.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "cli",
+    "copy"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "engine": {
+    "node": ">=0.8"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "mocha -R spec"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.0"
+  }
 }