diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for hpath-directory
 
+## 0.13.2 -- 2020-02-17
+
+* Fix bug in `createDirRecursive` with trailing path separators
+
 ## 0.13.1 -- 2020-01-29
 
 * Split some functionality out into 'hpath-posix'
diff --git a/hpath-directory.cabal b/hpath-directory.cabal
--- a/hpath-directory.cabal
+++ b/hpath-directory.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
 
 name:                hpath-directory
-version:             0.13.1
+version:             0.13.2
 synopsis:            Alternative to 'directory' package with ByteString based filepaths
 description:         This provides a safer alternative to the 'directory'
                      package. FilePaths are ByteString based, so this
diff --git a/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory.hs b/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory.hs
--- a/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory.hs
+++ b/src/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory.hs
@@ -742,8 +742,8 @@
           | en == eEXIST
           -> unlessM (doesDirectoryExist dest) (ioError e)
           | en == eNOENT
-          -> createDirRecursive fm (takeDirectory dest)
-            >> createDirectory dest fm
+          -> go (takeDirectory $ dropTrailingPathSeparator dest)
+            >> createDir fm dest
           | otherwise
           -> ioError e
 
diff --git a/test/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/CreateDirRecursiveSpec.hs b/test/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/CreateDirRecursiveSpec.hs
--- a/test/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/CreateDirRecursiveSpec.hs
+++ b/test/System/Posix/RawFilePath/Directory/CreateDirRecursiveSpec.hs
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
       createDirRecursive' "newDir"
       deleteDir' "newDir"
 
+    it "createDirRecursive with trailing path separator, all fine" $ do
+      createDirRecursive' "newDir/foo/"
+      deleteDir' "newDir/foo"
+      deleteDir' "newDir"
+
     it "createDirRecursive, parent directories do not exist" $ do
       createDirRecursive' "some/thing/dada"
       deleteDir' "some/thing/dada"