diff --git a/utils/mdldec/mdldec.c b/utils/mdldec/mdldec.c
index 5cb5b8b1..05761d77 100644
--- a/utils/mdldec/mdldec.c
+++ b/utils/mdldec/mdldec.c
@@ -351,11 +351,8 @@ static qboolean LoadMDL( const char *modelname )
 
 	if( destdir[0] != '\0' )
 	{
-		if( !MakeDirectory( destdir ))
-		{
-			fprintf( stderr, "ERROR: Couldn't create directory %s\n", destdir );
+		if( !MakeFullPath( destdir ))
 			return false;
-		}
 	}
 	else
 		COM_ExtractFilePath( modelname, destdir );
diff --git a/utils/mdldec/utils.c b/utils/mdldec/utils.c
index 6b851738..21dcd9a1 100644
--- a/utils/mdldec/utils.c
+++ b/utils/mdldec/utils.c
@@ -54,6 +54,40 @@ qboolean MakeDirectory( const char *path )
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+============
+MakeFullPath
+============
+*/
+qboolean MakeFullPath( const char *path )
+{
+	char *p = (char *)path, tmp;
+
+	for( ; *p; )
+	{
+		p = Q_strpbrk( p, "/\\" );
+
+		if( p )
+		{
+			tmp = *p;
+			*p = '\0';
+		}
+
+		if( !MakeDirectory( path ))
+		{
+			fprintf( stderr, "ERROR: Couldn't create directory %s\n", path );
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if( !p )
+			break;
+
+		*p++ = tmp;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
 ============
 ExtractFileName
diff --git a/utils/mdldec/utils.h b/utils/mdldec/utils.h
index b0ddfe57..da6d2d2c 100644
--- a/utils/mdldec/utils.h
+++ b/utils/mdldec/utils.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 #define UTILS_H
 
 qboolean	 MakeDirectory( const char *path );
+qboolean	 MakeFullPath( const char *path );
 void		 ExtractFileName( char *name, size_t size );
 off_t		 GetSizeOfFile( FILE *fp );
 byte		*LoadFile( const char *filename, off_t *size );