diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38c1d8d4d2..ab8eb5f209 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Dec 11 20:07:01 2003  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/ftools.rb (makedirs): sync with fileutils.
+
 Thu Dec 11 19:53:03 2003  Minero Aoki  <aamine@loveruby.net>
 
 	* lib/fileutils.rb (mkdir_p): catch all SystemCallErrors.
diff --git a/lib/ftools.rb b/lib/ftools.rb
index c605bc085e..0c6182b58b 100644
--- a/lib/ftools.rb
+++ b/lib/ftools.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ class << File
       makedirs parent unless FileTest.directory? parent
       $deferr.print "mkdir ", dir, "\n" if verbose
       if basename(dir) != ""
-	Dir.mkdir dir, mode
+        begin
+          Dir.mkdir dir, mode
+        rescue SystemCallError
+          raise unless File.directory? dir
+        end
       end
     end
   end