diff --git a/src/League/Flysystem/Adapter/Local.php b/src/League/Flysystem/Adapter/Local.php
index c36907e06..f7c5f31c8 100644
--- a/src/League/Flysystem/Adapter/Local.php
+++ b/src/League/Flysystem/Adapter/Local.php
@@ -121,8 +121,13 @@ public function writeStream($path, $resource, $config = null)
     {
         rewind($resource);
         $config = Util::ensureConfig($config);
+        $location = $this->prefix($path);
 
-        if ( ! $stream = fopen($this->prefix($path), 'w+')) {
+        if ( ! is_dir($dirname = dirname($location))) {
+            mkdir($dirname, 0777, true);
+        }
+
+        if ( ! $stream = fopen($location, 'w+')) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -134,8 +139,9 @@ public function writeStream($path, $resource, $config = null)
             return false;
         }
 
-        if ($visibility = $config->get('visibility'))
+        if ($visibility = $config->get('visibility')) {
             $this->setVisibility($path, $visibility);
+        }
 
         return compact('path', 'visibility');
     }
diff --git a/tests/LocalAdapterTests.php b/tests/LocalAdapterTests.php
index a7cf2160c..14bb05f21 100644
--- a/tests/LocalAdapterTests.php
+++ b/tests/LocalAdapterTests.php
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ public function testWriteStream()
         $temp = tmpfile();
         fwrite($temp, 'dummy');
         rewind($temp);
-        $adapter->writeStream('file.txt', $temp);
+        $adapter->writeStream('dir/file.txt', $temp);
         fclose($temp);
-        $this->assertTrue($adapter->has('file.txt'));
-        $result = $adapter->read('file.txt');
+        $this->assertTrue($adapter->has('dir/file.txt'));
+        $result = $adapter->read('dir/file.txt');
         $this->assertEquals('dummy', $result['contents']);
-        $adapter->delete('file.txt');
+        $adapter->delete('dir/file.txt');
     }
 
     public function testUpdateStream()