diff --git a/src/comm/MAVLinkXMLParser.cc b/src/comm/MAVLinkXMLParser.cc
index 19709c2d014b1998670f5f45dff248c1d78b9f2e..f2f208ed52cd1a2960858de8bee498d43fb85b36 100644
--- a/src/comm/MAVLinkXMLParser.cc
+++ b/src/comm/MAVLinkXMLParser.cc
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ bool MAVLinkXMLParser::generate()
     QString messagesDirName = "generated";
     QDir dir(outputDirName + "/" + messagesDirName);
     // Create directory if it doesn't exist, report result in success
-    if (!dir.exists()) success = success && dir.mkdir(outputDirName);
+    if (!dir.exists()) success = success && dir.mkpath(outputDirName + "/" + messagesDirName);
     for (int i = 0; i < cFiles.size(); i++)
     {
         QFile rawFile(dir.filePath(cFiles.at(i).first));