diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 35270ccca..50e8cd93f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([leech], [0.1.11], [https://github.com/larsewi/leech/issues], [leech],
+AC_INIT([leech], [0.1.12], [https://github.com/larsewi/leech/issues], [leech],
         [https://github.com/larsewi/leech])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/leech.h])
 
diff --git a/lib/files.c b/lib/files.c
index 863b27aa4..4a4a39222 100644
--- a/lib/files.c
+++ b/lib/files.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <direct.h>
+#endif  // _WIN32
+
 #include "definitions.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "string_lib.h"
@@ -141,7 +145,13 @@ bool LCH_FileCreateParentDirectories(const char *const filename) {
   const size_t num_dirs = LCH_ListLength(dirs);
   for (size_t i = num_dirs; i > 0; i--) {
     char *const dir = (char *)LCH_ListGet(dirs, i - 1);
-    if (mkdir(dir, (mode_t)0700) == -1) {
+    int ret =
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        _mkdir(dir);
+#else   // _WIN32
+        mkdir(dir, (mode_t)0700);
+#endif  // _WIN32
+    if (ret == -1) {
       LCH_LOG_ERROR("Failed to create parent directory '%s' for file '%s': %s",
                     dir, filename, strerror(errno));
       LCH_ListDestroy(dirs);