diff --git a/misc/admin/lib/cmds/hoist.js b/misc/admin/lib/cmds/hoist.js
index 7cba2f087..fa25ef9c2 100644
--- a/misc/admin/lib/cmds/hoist.js
+++ b/misc/admin/lib/cmds/hoist.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const log_1 = require("../log");
         const dependencies = local_1.getDependencies(null, (name) => {
             return !path_1.isEthers(name);
         });
-        console.log(log_1.colorify.bold(`Hoisting ${dependencies.length} dependencies into root package...`));
+        console.log(log_1.colorify.bold(`Hoisting ${Object.keys(dependencies).length} dependencies into root package...`));
         local_1.updateJson(path_1.dirs.rootPackageJsonPath, { dependencies });
     });
 })().catch((error) => {
diff --git a/misc/admin/lib/cmds/link.js b/misc/admin/lib/cmds/link.js
index b9f58ded1..0030fd017 100644
--- a/misc/admin/lib/cmds/link.js
+++ b/misc/admin/lib/cmds/link.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const path_1 = require("path");
 const local_1 = require("../local");
 const log_1 = require("../log");
 const path_2 = require("../path");
+const utils_1 = require("../utils");
 function link(existing, path) {
     try {
         const current = fs_1.default.readlinkSync(path);
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ function link(existing, path) {
     }
     // Link
     const dir = path_1.dirname(path);
-    fs_1.default.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+    utils_1.mkdir(dir);
     fs_1.default.symlinkSync(existing, path);
 }
 (function () {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function link(existing, path) {
             link(path_2.getPackagePath(name), path_1.resolve(path_2.dirs.root, "node_modules", name));
             // e.g. /packages/abi/node_modules => /.package_node_modules/abi/
             const nodeModules = path_1.resolve(nodeModulesBase, path_2.getDirname(name));
-            fs_1.default.mkdirSync(nodeModules, { recursive: true });
+            utils_1.mkdir(nodeModules);
             link(nodeModules, path_1.resolve(path_2.getPackagePath(name), "node_modules"));
         });
         path_2.packages.forEach((name) => {
diff --git a/misc/admin/lib/utils.d.ts b/misc/admin/lib/utils.d.ts
index 0dd62baaf..317cd3bf9 100644
--- a/misc/admin/lib/utils.d.ts
+++ b/misc/admin/lib/utils.d.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export declare function atomicWrite(path: string, value: string | Uint8Array): v
 export declare function loadJson(path: string): any;
 export declare function saveJson(filename: string, data: any, sort?: boolean): any;
 export declare function resolveProperties(props: Record<string, Promise<any>>): Promise<Record<string, any>>;
+export declare function mkdir(path: string): void;
diff --git a/misc/admin/lib/utils.js b/misc/admin/lib/utils.js
index 77109d646..ac605af9d 100644
--- a/misc/admin/lib/utils.js
+++ b/misc/admin/lib/utils.js
@@ -83,3 +83,22 @@ function resolveProperties(props) {
     });
 }
 exports.resolveProperties = resolveProperties;
+// Node 8 does not support recursive mkdir... Remove this in v6.
+function mkdir(path) {
+    let bail = 0;
+    const dirs = [];
+    while (path !== "/") {
+        if (bail++ > 50) {
+            throw new Error("something bad happened...");
+        }
+        if (fs_1.default.existsSync(path)) {
+            break;
+        }
+        dirs.push(path);
+        path = path_1.dirname(path);
+    }
+    while (dirs.length) {
+        fs_1.default.mkdirSync(dirs.pop());
+    }
+}
+exports.mkdir = mkdir;
diff --git a/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/hoist.ts b/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/hoist.ts
index ff669f5cb..a5b8d1f4f 100644
--- a/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/hoist.ts
+++ b/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/hoist.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { colorify } from "../log";
         return !isEthers(name);
     });
 
-    console.log(colorify.bold(`Hoisting ${ dependencies.length } dependencies into root package...`));
+    console.log(colorify.bold(`Hoisting ${ Object.keys(dependencies).length } dependencies into root package...`));
 
     updateJson(dirs.rootPackageJsonPath, { dependencies });
 })().catch((error) => {
diff --git a/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/link.ts b/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/link.ts
index 282811ce8..11b095cef 100644
--- a/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/link.ts
+++ b/misc/admin/src.ts/cmds/link.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { dirname, resolve } from "path";
 import { getDependencies } from "../local";
 import { colorify } from "../log";
 import { dirs, getDirname, getPackagePath, packages } from "../path";
+import { mkdir } from "../utils";
 
 function link(existing: string, path: string): void {
     try {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ function link(existing: string, path: string): void {
 
     // Link
     const dir = dirname(path);
-    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+    mkdir(dir);
     fs.symlinkSync(existing, path);
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ function link(existing: string, path: string): void {
 
         // e.g. /packages/abi/node_modules => /.package_node_modules/abi/
         const nodeModules = resolve(nodeModulesBase, getDirname(name));
-        fs.mkdirSync(nodeModules, { recursive: true });
+        mkdir(nodeModules);
         link(nodeModules, resolve(getPackagePath(name), "node_modules"));
     });
 
diff --git a/misc/admin/src.ts/utils.ts b/misc/admin/src.ts/utils.ts
index 89cde48a5..a5c6bb19e 100644
--- a/misc/admin/src.ts/utils.ts
+++ b/misc/admin/src.ts/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fs from "fs";
-import { resolve } from "path";
+import { dirname, resolve } from "path";
 
 import { createHash } from "crypto";
 
@@ -66,3 +66,20 @@ export async function resolveProperties(props: Record<string, Promise<any>>): Pr
         return accum;
     }, <Record<string, any>>{});
 }
+
+// Node 8 does not support recursive mkdir... Remove this in v6.
+export function mkdir(path: string): void {
+    let bail = 0;
+    const dirs = [ ];
+    while (path !== "/") {
+        if (bail++ > 50) { throw new Error("something bad happened..."); }
+
+        if (fs.existsSync(path)) { break; }
+        dirs.push(path);
+        path = dirname(path);
+    }
+
+    while (dirs.length) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(dirs.pop());
+    }
+}