diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/file.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/file.js
index cc17a2927c..9fe1133b66 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/file.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/file.js
@@ -1010,14 +1010,17 @@ Zotero.File = new function(){
 	}
 	
 	
-	this.createDirectoryIfMissingAsync = async function (path) {
+	this.createDirectoryIfMissingAsync = async function (path, options = {}) {
 		try {
 			await OS.File.makeDir(
 				path,
-				{
-					ignoreExisting: false,
-					unixMode: 0o755
-				}
+				Object.assign(
+					{
+						ignoreExisting: false,
+						unixMode: 0o755
+					},
+					options
+				)
 			)
 		}
 		catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/tests/fileTest.js b/test/tests/fileTest.js
index 04f3c8bce9..23df1953fb 100644
--- a/test/tests/fileTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/fileTest.js
@@ -293,6 +293,13 @@ describe("Zotero.File", function () {
 			assert.ok(e);
 			assert.match(e.message, /^Broken symlink/);
 		});
+		
+		it("should handle 'from' in options", async function () {
+			var tmpPath = await getTempDirectory();
+			var path = OS.Path.join(tmpPath, 'a', 'b');
+			await Zotero.File.createDirectoryIfMissingAsync(path, { from: tmpPath });
+			assert.isTrue(await OS.File.exists(path));
+		});
 	});
 	
 	describe("#zipDirectory()", function () {