diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.pug b/tabby-ssh/src/components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.pug
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e320ca54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.modal-body
+    label(translate) Create Directory
+    .form-group.w-100.mr-2
+        label(translate) Name
+        input.form-control(
+            type='text',
+            [(ngModel)]='directoryName',
+        )
+
+
+.modal-footer
+    button.btn.btn-success((click)='create()', translate) Create
+    button.btn.btn-danger((click)='cancel()', translate) Cancel
diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f2a543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core'
+import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import path from 'path'
+import { BaseComponent } from 'tabby-core'
+import { SFTPFile, SFTPSession } from '../session/sftp'
+import { SFTPPanelComponent } from './sftpPanel.component'
+
+/** @hidden */
+@Component({
+    template: require('./sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component.pug'),
+})
+export class SFTPCreateDirectoryModalComponent extends BaseComponent {
+    sftp: SFTPSession
+    item: SFTPFile
+    panel: SFTPPanelComponent
+    directoryName: string
+    
+    constructor (
+        private modalInstance: NgbActiveModal,
+    ) {
+        super()
+    }
+
+    async ngOnInit (): Promise<void> {
+        
+    }
+
+    create (): void {
+        this.createDirectory(this.item.directory);
+    }
+    cancel (): void {
+        this.modalInstance.close()
+    }
+
+    async createDirectory (currentDirectory: string): Promise<void> {
+        this.sftp.mkdir(path.join(currentDirectory, this.directoryName)).finally(() => {
+            this.panel.navigate(path.join(currentDirectory, this.directoryName));
+            this.cancel();
+        });
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/index.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/index.ts
index 750838e5..e970b8f3 100644
--- a/tabby-ssh/src/index.ts
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { SFTPContextMenu } from './tabContextMenu'
 import { SSHProfilesService } from './profiles'
 import { SFTPContextMenuItemProvider } from './api/contextMenu'
 import { CommonSFTPContextMenu } from './sftpContextMenu'
+import { SFTPCreateDirectoryModalComponent } from './components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component'
 
 /** @hidden */
 @NgModule({
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import { CommonSFTPContextMenu } from './sftpContextMenu'
     entryComponents: [
         SSHProfileSettingsComponent,
         SFTPDeleteModalComponent,
+        SFTPCreateDirectoryModalComponent,
         SSHPortForwardingModalComponent,
         SSHSettingsTabComponent,
         SSHTabComponent,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ import { CommonSFTPContextMenu } from './sftpContextMenu'
     declarations: [
         SSHProfileSettingsComponent,
         SFTPDeleteModalComponent,
+        SFTPCreateDirectoryModalComponent,
         SSHPortForwardingModalComponent,
         SSHPortForwardingConfigComponent,
         SSHSettingsTabComponent,
diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts
index 4c85e70c..1e60ad8b 100644
--- a/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { FileEntry, Stats } from 'ssh2-streams'
 export interface SFTPFile {
     name: string
     fullPath: string
+    directory: string
     isDirectory: boolean
     isSymlink: boolean
     mode: number
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ export class SFTPSession {
         const stats = await wrapPromise(this.zone, promisify<Stats>(f => this.sftp.stat(p, f))())
         return {
             name: posixPath.basename(p),
+            directory: posixPath.dirname(p),
             fullPath: p,
             isDirectory: stats.isDirectory(),
             isSymlink: stats.isSymbolicLink(),
@@ -123,6 +125,11 @@ export class SFTPSession {
         await promisify((f: any) => this.sftp.rmdir(p, f))()
     }
 
+    async mkdir (p: string): Promise<void> {
+        this.logger.debug('mkdir', p)
+        await promisify((f: any) => this.sftp.mkdir(p, f))()
+    }
+
     async rename (oldPath: string, newPath: string): Promise<void> {
         this.logger.debug('rename', oldPath, newPath)
         await promisify((f: any) => this.sftp.rename(oldPath, newPath, f))()
@@ -181,6 +188,7 @@ export class SFTPSession {
         return {
             fullPath: p,
             name: posixPath.basename(p),
+            directory: posixPath.dirname(p),
             isDirectory: (entry.attrs.mode & C.S_IFDIR) === C.S_IFDIR,
             isSymlink: (entry.attrs.mode & C.S_IFLNK) === C.S_IFLNK,
             mode: entry.attrs.mode,
diff --git a/tabby-ssh/src/sftpContextMenu.ts b/tabby-ssh/src/sftpContextMenu.ts
index b1e0cff9..05b1c95b 100644
--- a/tabby-ssh/src/sftpContextMenu.ts
+++ b/tabby-ssh/src/sftpContextMenu.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { SFTPSession, SFTPFile } from './session/sftp'
 import { SFTPContextMenuItemProvider } from './api'
 import { SFTPDeleteModalComponent } from './components/sftpDeleteModal.component'
 import { SFTPPanelComponent } from './components/sftpPanel.component'
+import { SFTPCreateDirectoryModalComponent } from './components/sftpCreateDirectoryModal.component'
 
 
 /** @hidden */
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ export class CommonSFTPContextMenu extends SFTPContextMenuItemProvider {
 
     async getItems (item: SFTPFile, panel: SFTPPanelComponent): Promise<MenuItemOptions[]> {
         return [
+            {
+                click: async () => {
+                    await this.createDirectory(item, panel);
+                },
+                label: this.translate.instant('Create Directory'),
+            },
             {
                 click: async () => {
                     if ((await this.platform.showMessageBox({
@@ -49,4 +56,12 @@ export class CommonSFTPContextMenu extends SFTPContextMenuItemProvider {
         modal.componentInstance.sftp = session
         await modal.result
     }
+
+    async createDirectory (item: SFTPFile, panel: SFTPPanelComponent): Promise<void> {
+        const modal = this.ngbModal.open(SFTPCreateDirectoryModalComponent)
+        modal.componentInstance.item = item
+        modal.componentInstance.sftp = panel.sftp
+        modal.componentInstance.panel = panel
+        await modal.result
+    }
 }