diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 016f0fe7..5266e09b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 SnapRAID HISTORY
 ================
 
+1.3 2011/5
+==========
+* Fixed the restore of directory with unicode chars in Windows.
+
 1.2 2011/5
 ==========
 * Fixed use of file names out of the codepage in Windows. All the names
diff --git a/mingw.c b/mingw.c
index 6d889ab3..a91c87a7 100644
--- a/mingw.c
+++ b/mingw.c
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ int windows_access(const char* file, int mode)
 	return _waccess(u8tou16(file), mode);
 }
 
+int windows_mkdir(const char* file)
+{
+	return _wmkdir(u8tou16(file));
+}
+
 int stat_inode(const char* file, struct windows_stat* st)
 {
 	BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION info;
diff --git a/mingw.h b/mingw.h
index 8029bf18..8dce156b 100644
--- a/mingw.h
+++ b/mingw.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define HAVE_FSYNC 1
 #define fsync _commit
 #define rename windows_rename
-#define mkdir(a, b) mkdir(a)
+#define mkdir(a, b) windows_mkdir(a)
 #define dirent windows_dirent
 #define DIR windows_dir
 #define opendir windows_opendir
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ int windows_stat(const char* file, struct windows_stat* st);
  */
 int windows_access(const char* file, int mode);
 
+/**
+ * Like the C mkdir().
+ */
+int windows_mkdir(const char* file);
+
 /**
  * Like the C stat() with inode information.
  * It doesn't work for all kind of files and directories. For example "\System Volume Information" cannot be opened.