--- a/push_cmd.py
+++ b/push_cmd.py
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ def push_revisions_to_subversion(ui, rep
     return 0
 
 
+def _findmissing(dirname, svn, branch_path):
+    """Find missing directories in svn. dirname *must* end in a /
+    """
+    assert dirname[-1] == '/'
+    missing = []
+    keep_checking = True
+    # check and see if the dir exists svn-side.
+    path = dirname
+    while keep_checking:
+        try:
+            assert svn.list_dir('%s/%s' % (branch_path, path))
+            keep_checking = False
+        except core.SubversionException, e:
+            # dir must not exist
+            missing.append(path[:-1])
+            path = '/'.join(path.split('/')[:-2] + [''])
+    return missing
+
 def commit_from_rev(ui, repo, rev_ctx, hg_editor, svn_url, base_revision):
     """Build and send a commit from Mercurial to Subversion.
     """
@@ -99,12 +117,7 @@ def commit_from_rev(ui, repo, rev_ctx, h
                 dirname = '/'.join(file.split('/')[:-1] + [''])
                 # check for new directories
                 if not list(parent.walk(util.PrefixMatch(dirname))):
-                    # check and see if the dir exists svn-side.
-                    try:
-                        assert svn.list_dir('%s/%s' % (branch_path, dirname))
-                    except core.SubversionException, e:
-                        # dir must not exist
-                        added_dirs.append(dirname[:-1])
+                    added_dirs += _findmissing(dirname, svn, branch_path)
             else:
                 base_data = parent.filectx(file).data()
                 if ('x' in parent.filectx(file).flags()

--- a/tests/test_push_command.py
+++ b/tests/test_push_command.py
@@ -328,6 +328,35 @@ class PushTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotEqual(tip.node(), new_hash)
         self.assertEqual(tip['newdir/gamma'].data(), 'foo')
 
+    def test_push_with_new_subdir(self):
+        self.test_push_to_default(commit=True)
+        repo = self.repo
+        def file_callback(repo, memctx, path):
+            if path == 'newdir/subdir/gamma':
+                return context.memfilectx(path=path,
+                                          data='foo',
+                                          islink=False,
+                                          isexec=False,
+                                          copied=False)
+            raise IOError()
+        ctx = context.memctx(repo,
+                             (repo['tip'].node(), node.nullid),
+                             'message',
+                             ['newdir/subdir/gamma', ],
+                             file_callback,
+                             'author',
+                             '2008-10-29 21:26:00 -0500',
+                             {'branch': 'default', })
+        new_hash = repo.commitctx(ctx)
+        hg.update(repo, repo['tip'].node())
+        push_cmd.push_revisions_to_subversion(ui.ui(), repo=self.repo,
+                                              hg_repo_path=self.wc_path,
+                                              svn_url='file://' + self.repo_path)
+        tip = self.repo['tip']
+        self.assertNotEqual(tip.node(), new_hash)
+        self.assertEqual(tip['newdir/subdir/gamma'].data(), 'foo')
+
+
     def test_push_existing_file_newly_symlink(self):
         self.test_push_existing_file_newly_execute(execute=False,
                                                    link=True,