diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index be0af5c2a..5d95d4618 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.22 - 
 ================================
+  Export dm_create_dir (was create_dir) to help fix LVM2 link error
   Don't log mkdir fail-with-EROFS, to make create_dir equiv to the one in LVM2
   Introduce and use log_sys_* macros from LVM2
   dm_fclose: new function
diff --git a/libdm/.exported_symbols b/libdm/.exported_symbols
index dec701a68..84db9f448 100644
--- a/libdm/.exported_symbols
+++ b/libdm/.exported_symbols
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 dm_lib_release
 dm_lib_exit
 dm_driver_version
+dm_create_dir
 dm_fclose
 dm_get_library_version
 dm_log
diff --git a/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c b/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
index b7f661ff6..6fd7eeca3 100644
--- a/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
+++ b/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static int _create_control(const char *control, uint32_t major, uint32_t minor)
 		return 0;
 
 	old_umask = umask(0022);
-	ret = create_dir(dm_dir());
+	ret = dm_create_dir(dm_dir());
 	umask(old_umask);
 
 	if (!ret)
diff --git a/libdm/libdevmapper.h b/libdm/libdevmapper.h
index d9b06d3bb..058af8f0a 100644
--- a/libdm/libdevmapper.h
+++ b/libdm/libdevmapper.h
@@ -628,6 +628,12 @@ char *dm_basename(const char *path);
  * file/stream manipulation
  **************************/
 
+/*
+ * Create a directory (with parent directories if necessary).
+ * Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.
+ */
+int dm_create_dir(const char *dir);
+
 /*
  * Close a stream, with nicer error checking than fclose's.
  * Derived from gnulib's close-stream.c.
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-file.c b/libdm/libdm-file.c
index bff722a5b..c61cb565f 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-file.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-file.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ out:
 	return r;
 }
 
-int create_dir(const char *dir)
+int dm_create_dir(const char *dir)
 {
 	struct stat info;