diff --git a/recipes/_server_debian.rb b/recipes/_server_debian.rb
index c50baca88..ad4e6e2fa 100644
--- a/recipes/_server_debian.rb
+++ b/recipes/_server_debian.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     group     'mysql'
     mode      '0775'
     action    :create
+    recursive true
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/recipes/_server_rhel.rb b/recipes/_server_rhel.rb
index 9126f8a01..6d88c59a4 100644
--- a/recipes/_server_rhel.rb
+++ b/recipes/_server_rhel.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     group     'mysql'
     mode      '0775'
     action    :create
+    recursive true
   end
 end