diff --git a/nix/configuration/util/install_files/default.nix b/nix/configuration/util/install_files/default.nix
index 0f9391c..b2d606e 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/util/install_files/default.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/util/install_files/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ let
       source = lib.strings.escapeShellArg "${target.source}";
       destination = lib.strings.escapeShellArg "${homedir}/${target.target}";
       mode = lib.strings.escapeShellArg "${target.mode}";
+      dir_mode = lib.strings.escapeShellArg "${target.dir_mode}";
       username = lib.strings.escapeShellArg "${target.username}";
       group = lib.strings.escapeShellArg "${group}";
     };
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ let
           source
           destination
           mode
+          dir_mode
           username
           group
           ;
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ let
           (if username != "" then "-o ${username}" else "")
           (if group != "" then "-g ${group}" else "")
         ];
+        dir_flags = lib.strings.concatStringsSep " " [
+          (if dir_mode != "" then "-m ${dir_mode}" else "")
+          (if username != "" then "-o ${username}" else "")
+          (if group != "" then "-g ${group}" else "")
+        ];
       in
       if target.recursive then
         [
@@ -59,7 +66,8 @@ let
                 full_dest=${destination}/"$relative_path"
                 containing_directory=$(dirname "$full_dest")
                 if [ ! -e "$containing_directory" ]; then
-                    $DRY_RUN_CMD install $VERBOSE_ARG -d "$containing_directory"
+                    echo ""
+                    $DRY_RUN_CMD install $VERBOSE_ARG -d ${dir_flags} "$containing_directory"
                 fi
                 $DRY_RUN_CMD install $VERBOSE_ARG -D --compare ${flags} "$file" "$full_dest"
             done
@@ -107,6 +115,7 @@ let
           source
           destination
           mode
+          dir_mode
           username
           group
           ;
@@ -116,8 +125,8 @@ let
             group
           ]
         );
-        flags = lib.strings.concatStringsSep " " [
-          (if mode != "" then "-m ${mode}" else "")
+        dir_flags = lib.strings.concatStringsSep " " [
+          (if dir_mode != "" then "-m ${dir_mode}" else "")
           (if username != "" then "-o ${username}" else "")
           (if group != "" then "-g ${group}" else "")
         ];
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ let
                 full_dest=${destination}/"$relative_path"
                 containing_directory=$(dirname "$full_dest")
                 if [ ! -e "$containing_directory" ]; then
-                    $DRY_RUN_CMD install $VERBOSE_ARG -d ${flags} "$containing_directory"
+                    $DRY_RUN_CMD install $VERBOSE_ARG -d ${dir_flags} "$containing_directory"
                 fi
                 $DRY_RUN_CMD ln $VERBOSE_ARG -s "$file" "$full_dest"
                 $DRY_RUN_CMD chown $VERBOSE_ARG -h ${owner} "$full_dest"
@@ -239,6 +248,13 @@ in
                           example = "0750";
                           description = "The read, write, execute permission flags.";
                         };
+                        dir_mode = lib.mkOption {
+                          type = lib.types.str;
+                          default = "0755";
+                          defaultText = "dir_mode";
+                          example = "0755";
+                          description = "The read, write, execute permission flags for any parent directories that need to be created.";
+                        };
                         source = lib.mkOption {
                           type = lib.types.path;
                           defaultText = "me.install.file.‹path›.source";