diff --git a/lib/fakefs/fileutils.rb b/lib/fakefs/fileutils.rb
index d9c182c..a322331 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs/fileutils.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module FakeFS
     def mkdir_p(path)
       FileSystem.add(path, FakeDir.new)
     end
+    alias_method :mkpath, :mkdir_p
 
     def rm(path)
       FileSystem.delete(path)
diff --git a/test/fakefs_test.rb b/test/fakefs_test.rb
index 26747b7..2d8de32 100644
--- a/test/fakefs_test.rb
+++ b/test/fakefs_test.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class FakeFSTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     FileUtils.mkdir_p("/path/to/dir")
     assert_kind_of FakeDir, FileSystem.fs['path']['to']['dir']
   end
+  
+  def test_can_create_directories_with_mkpath
+    FileUtils.mkpath("/path/to/dir")
+    assert_kind_of FakeDir, FileSystem.fs['path']['to']['dir']
+  end
 
   def test_knows_directories_exist
     FileUtils.mkdir_p(path = "/path/to/dir")