diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/mkdir.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/mkdir.c
index ccfc4cba3b..25b53fcae6 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/mkdir.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/sys/mkdir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* 
- * Copyright 2002-2007, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2002-2008, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
  */
 
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 
+extern mode_t __gUmask;
+	// declared in sys/umask.c
+
+
 #define RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(err) \
 	if (err < 0) { \
 		errno = err; \
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@
 int
 mkdir(const char* path, mode_t mode)
 {
-	status_t status = _kern_create_dir(-1, path, mode);
+	status_t status = _kern_create_dir(-1, path, mode & ~__gUmask);
 
 	RETURN_AND_SET_ERRNO(status);
 }