diff --git a/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py b/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py
index 2c2c47aacf..7b7f9aa712 100644
--- a/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py
+++ b/wxPython/distrib/all/taskrunner.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Job(object):
         self.proc = None
         if self.label:
             if not os.path.exists(self.LOGBASE):
-                os.mkdirs(self.LOGBASE)
+                os.makedirs(self.LOGBASE)
             self.log = file("%s/%s.log" % (self.LOGBASE, label), "w", 0)
 
     def start(self):