diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 60a661d..09576f5 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var child_process = require('child_process'),
 var cmdln = require('cmdln'),
     Cmdln = cmdln.Cmdln;
 var fs = require('fs');
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var util = require('util'),
     format = util.format;
 var path = require('path');
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ CLI.prototype.init = function (opts, args, callback) {
 
             if (!fs.existsSync(cacheDir)) {
                 try {
-                    fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir);
+                    mkdirp.sync(cacheDir);
                 } catch (e) {
                     log.info({err: e}, 'failed to make dir %s', cacheDir);
                 }
diff --git a/lib/triton.js b/lib/triton.js
index 0938db9..39c4b87 100644
--- a/lib/triton.js
+++ b/lib/triton.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var auth = require('smartdc-auth');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var fs = require('fs');
 var format = require('util').format;
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var once = require('once');
 var path = require('path');
 var restifyClients = require('restify-clients');
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ function Triton(options) {
         this.cacheDir = path.join(options.cacheDir, slug);
         this.log.trace({cacheDir: this.cacheDir}, 'cache dir');
         try {
-            fs.mkdirSync(this.cacheDir);
+            mkdirp.sync(this.cacheDir);
         } catch (e) {}
     }