diff --git a/packages/create-vite/index.js b/packages/create-vite/index.js
index cc0a78639755bb..c008106ed73228 100755
--- a/packages/create-vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-vite/index.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ async function init() {
   if (overwrite) {
     emptyDir(root)
   } else if (!fs.existsSync(root)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(root)
+    fs.mkdirSync(root, { recursive: true })
   }
 
   // determine template