diff --git a/mirrord/layer/src/file/ops.rs b/mirrord/layer/src/file/ops.rs
index 748c0fa308b..60ea225ec90 100644
--- a/mirrord/layer/src/file/ops.rs
+++ b/mirrord/layer/src/file/ops.rs
@@ -339,9 +339,13 @@ pub(crate) fn read_link(path: Detour<PathBuf>) -> Detour<ReadLinkFileResponse> {
 
 #[mirrord_layer_macro::instrument(level = Level::TRACE, ret)]
 pub(crate) fn mkdir(pathname: Detour<PathBuf>, mode: u32) -> Detour<MakeDirResponse> {
-    let path = remap_path!(pathname?);
+    let pathname = pathname?;
 
-    check_relative_paths!(path);
+    // TODO: (validate this) I think mirrord doesn't have a way to get the current working directory
+    // (yet?) so relative paths should be ignored. (Copied from open/openat hook)
+    check_relative_paths!(pathname);
+
+    let path = remap_path!(pathname);
 
     ensure_not_ignored!(path, false);
 
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ pub(crate) fn mkdirat(
     pathname: Detour<PathBuf>,
     mode: u32,
 ) -> Detour<MakeDirResponse> {
-    let pathname = pathname?;
+    let pathname: PathBuf = pathname?;
 
     if pathname.is_absolute() || dirfd == AT_FDCWD {
         let path = remap_path!(pathname);
@@ -376,7 +380,7 @@ pub(crate) fn mkdirat(
 
         let mkdir: MakeDirAtRequest = MakeDirAtRequest {
             dirfd: remote_fd,
-            pathname,
+            pathname: pathname.clone(),
             mode,
         };
 
diff --git a/tests/go-e2e-dir/main.go b/tests/go-e2e-dir/main.go
index 4fbb223da42..b608f01b53b 100644
--- a/tests/go-e2e-dir/main.go
+++ b/tests/go-e2e-dir/main.go
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(-1)
 	}
 
-	err = os.Mkdir("test_relative_mkdir", 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Mkdir (relative path) error: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(-1)
-	}
-
 	// let close requests be sent for test
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	os.Exit(0)
diff --git a/tests/python-e2e/ops.py b/tests/python-e2e/ops.py
index d2794d95ad5..c30d9e0801d 100644
--- a/tests/python-e2e/ops.py
+++ b/tests/python-e2e/ops.py
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ def test_openat(self):
         os.close(file)
         os.close(dir)
 
+    def test_mkdir(self):
+        """
+        Creates a new directory in "/tmp" and verifies if the directory exists.
+        """
+        os.mkdir("/tmp/test")
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir("/tmp/test"))
+    
+    def test_mkdirat(self):
+        """
+        Creates a new directory in "/tmp" using mkdirat given the directory file descriptor for "/tmp" and verifies if the directory exists.
+        """
+        dir = os.open(
+            "/tmp", os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK | os.O_CLOEXEC | os.O_DIRECTORY
+        )
+        os.mkdir("test", dir_fd=dir)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir("/tmp/test"))
+        os.close(dir)
+
     def _create_new_tmp_file(self):
         """
         Creates a new file in /tmp and returns the path and name of the file.