diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/adapters/mock_fs.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/adapters/mock_fs.rs
index 6019942..088ddbe 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/adapters/mock_fs.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/adapters/mock_fs.rs
@@ -116,4 +116,6 @@ impl FileSystem for MockFileSystem {
     fn file_size(&mut self, handle: FileHandle) -> Option<usize> {
         self.files[handle.raw() as usize].as_ref().map(|e| e.size)
     }
+
+    fn mkdir(&mut self, _path: &[u8]) -> bool { true }
 }
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/filesystem.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/filesystem.rs
index ae2896a..554f269 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ pub trait FileSystem {
     fn create(&mut self, path: &[u8]) -> Option<FileHandle>;
     fn delete(&mut self, path: &[u8]) -> bool;
     fn file_size(&mut self, handle: FileHandle) -> Option<usize>;
+    fn mkdir(&mut self, path: &[u8]) -> bool;
 }
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/ext4.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/ext4.rs
index 429d6c4..5a8b714 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/ext4.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/ext4.rs
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ impl<B: BlockDevice> FileSystem for Ext4<B> {
     fn file_size(&mut self, handle: FileHandle) -> Option<usize> {
         self.open_files[handle.raw() as usize].as_ref().map(|f| f.size)
     }
+
+    fn mkdir(&mut self, _path: &[u8]) -> bool { false }
 }
 
 fn read_u32(data: &[u8], offset: usize) -> u32 {
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/fat16.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/fat16.rs
index 94dbe25..be1e20c 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/fat16.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/fs/fat16.rs
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ impl<B: BlockDevice> FileSystem for Fat16<B> {
     fn file_size(&mut self, handle: FileHandle) -> Option<usize> {
         self.open_files[handle.raw() as usize].as_ref().map(|f| f.size)
     }
+
+    fn mkdir(&mut self, _path: &[u8]) -> bool { false }
 }
 
 fn to_fat_name(name: &[u8]) -> [u8; 11] {
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/protocol.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/protocol.rs
index 87a3be1..8b87c49 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/protocol.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ pub enum StorageRequest {
     Create { path: PackedPath },
     Delete { path: PackedPath },
     FileSize { handle: FileHandle },
+    Mkdir { path: PackedPath },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ impl Encode for StorageRequest {
             StorageRequest::Create { path } => [5, path.word0(), path.word1(), 0],
             StorageRequest::Delete { path } => [6, path.word0(), path.word1(), 0],
             StorageRequest::FileSize { handle } => [7, handle.raw() as usize, 0, 0],
+            StorageRequest::Mkdir { path } => [8, path.word0(), path.word1(), 0],
         }
     }
 }
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ impl Decode for StorageRequest {
             5 => Some(StorageRequest::Create { path: PackedPath::from_words(words[1], words[2]) }),
             6 => Some(StorageRequest::Delete { path: PackedPath::from_words(words[1], words[2]) }),
             7 => Some(StorageRequest::FileSize { handle: FileHandle::new(words[1] as u16) }),
+            8 => Some(StorageRequest::Mkdir { path: PackedPath::from_words(words[1], words[2]) }),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/server.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/server.rs
index 38bf9c5..e838935 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/server.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ impl<F: FileSystem> Server for StorageServer<F> {
                     None => StorageResponse::Error,
                 }
             }
+            StorageRequest::Mkdir { path } => {
+                let buf = path.to_bytes();
+                let len = buf.iter().position(|&b| b == 0).unwrap_or(16);
+                if self.fs.mkdir(&buf[..len]) {
+                    StorageResponse::Ok
+                } else {
+                    StorageResponse::Error
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/protocol.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/protocol.rs
index 8874597..17f43f8 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/protocol.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/protocol.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ fn all_response_variants() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn mkdir_roundtrip() {
+    let path = PackedPath::from_bytes(b"mydir");
+    let req = StorageRequest::Mkdir { path };
+    assert_eq!(StorageRequest::decode(req.encode()), Some(req));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn invalid_request_returns_none() {
     assert!(StorageRequest::decode([99, 0, 0, 0]).is_none());
diff --git a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/server.rs b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/server.rs
index f144dd6..2343c23 100644
--- a/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/server.rs
+++ b/crates/servers/storage-server/src/tests/server.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ fn list_dir() {
     assert_eq!(resp, StorageResponse::DirEntries { count: 2 });
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn mkdir_returns_ok() {
+    let mut server = test_server();
+    let resp = server.handle(StorageRequest::Mkdir { path: path(b"subdir") });
+    assert_eq!(resp, StorageResponse::Ok);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn close_succeeds() {
     let mut server = test_server();