diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/command/sudoers.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/command/sudoers.rb
index 0513eca..a0214e2 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/command/sudoers.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/command/sudoers.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module Vagrant
            { cmd: '/usr/bin/lxc-attach',    args: '' },
            { cmd: '/usr/bin/which',         args: 'lxc-*' },
            { cmd: '/bin/cat',               args: '/var/lib/lxc/*' },
-           { cmd: '/bin/mkdir',             args: '/var/lib/lxc/*' },
+           { cmd: '/bin/mkdir',             args: '-p /var/lib/lxc/*' },
            { cmd: '/bin/su',                args: "root -c sed -e '*' -ibak /var/lib/lxc/*" },
            { cmd: '/bin/su',                args: "root -c echo '*' >> /var/lib/lxc/*" },
            { cmd: '/usr/bin/lxc-start',     args: '-d --name *' },