diff --git a/packages/pnp4nagios/patches/205-improve-mkdir.patch b/packages/pnp4nagios/patches/205-improve-mkdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e40d409a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pnp4nagios/patches/205-improve-mkdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--- a/scripts/process_perfdata.pl.in	2023-02-28 15:22:09.112254795 +0100
++++ b/scripts/process_perfdata.pl.in	2023-02-28 15:25:47.864254899 +0100
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ use strict;
+ use POSIX;
+ use Getopt::Long;
++use File::Path qw(make_path);
+ use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday tv_interval);
+ use vars qw ( $TEMPLATE %NAGIOS $t0 $t1 $rt $delayed_write $rrdfile @ds_create $count $line $name $ds_update $dstype %CTPL);
+ 
+@@ -429,20 +430,11 @@
+     $NAGIOS{MULTI_PARENT}     = $data[0]{multi_parent} || "";
+     $TEMPLATE                 = $data[0]{template};
+ 
+-    unless ( -d "$conf{RRDPATH}" ) {
+-        unless ( mkdir "$conf{RRDPATH}" ) {
+-            print_log( "mkdir $conf{RRDPATH}, permission denied ", 1 );
+-            print_log( "PNP exiting ...",                          1 );
+-            exit 5;
+-        }
+-    }
+-
++    make_path($conf{RRDPATH}."/".$NAGIOS{HOSTNAME});
+     unless ( -d "$conf{RRDPATH}/$NAGIOS{HOSTNAME}" ) {
+-        unless ( mkdir "$conf{RRDPATH}/$NAGIOS{HOSTNAME}" ) {
+-            print_log( "mkdir $conf{RRDPATH}/$NAGIOS{HOSTNAME}, permission denied ", 1 );
+-            print_log( "PNP exiting ...",                                            1 );
+-            exit 6;
+-        }
++        print_log( "mkdir $conf{RRDPATH}/$NAGIOS{HOSTNAME}: ".$!, 1 );
++        print_log( "PNP exiting ...",                             1 );
++        exit 6;
+     }
+ 
+     #