Index: subversion/libsvn_client/export.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/libsvn_client/export.c   (revision 20025)
+++ subversion/libsvn_client/export.c   (working copy)
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
   
   SVN_ERR(svn_io_check_path(path, &kind, pool));
   if (kind == svn_node_none)
-    SVN_ERR(svn_io_dir_make(path, APR_OS_DEFAULT, pool));
+    SVN_ERR(svn_io_make_dir_recursively(path, pool));
   else if (kind == svn_node_file)
     return svn_error_createf(SVN_ERR_WC_NOT_DIRECTORY, NULL,
                              _("'%s' exists and is not a directory"),
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/export_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/export_tests.py    (revision 20025)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/export_tests.py    (working copy)
@@ -370,6 +370,22 @@
                                         expected_output,
                                         expected_disk)
 
+def export_creates_intermediate_folders(sbox):
+  "export and create some intermediate folders"
+  sbox.build(create_wc = False)
+
+  svntest.main.safe_rmtree(sbox.wc_dir)
+  export_target = os.path.join(sbox.wc_dir, 'a', 'b', 'c')
+  expected_output = svntest.main.greek_state.copy()
+  expected_output.wc_dir = export_target
+  expected_output.desc[''] = Item()
+  expected_output.tweak(contents=None, status='A ')
+
+  svntest.actions.run_and_verify_export(svntest.main.current_repo_url,
+                                        export_target,
+                                        expected_output,
+                                        svntest.main.greek_state.copy())
+
 ########################################################################
 # Run the tests
 
@@ -390,6 +406,7 @@
               export_nonexistent_file,
               export_unversioned_file,
               export_with_state_deleted,
+              export_creates_intermediate_folders,
              ]
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':