diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/AbstractCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/AbstractCommand.php
index 5d688d90f8..2b18001a29 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/AbstractCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/AbstractCommand.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Exception\IOException;
 use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Propel\Generator\Exception\RuntimeException;
 
@@ -87,6 +88,17 @@ protected function getFilesystem()
         return $this->filesystem;
     }
 
+    protected function createDirectory($directory)
+    {
+        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
+
+        try {
+            $filesystem->mkdir($directory);
+        } catch (IOException $e) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to write the "%s" directory', $directory), 0, $e);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected function parseConnection($connection)
     {
         $pos  = strpos($connection, '=');
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ConfigConvertXmlCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ConfigConvertXmlCommand.php
index 644241ae6f..e581ed9c9d 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ConfigConvertXmlCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ConfigConvertXmlCommand.php
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to find the "%s" configuration file', $inputFilePath));
         }
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        if (!$filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'))) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Unable to write the "%s" output directory', $input->getOption('output-dir')));
-        };
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $outputFilePath = $input->getOption('output-dir') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .$input->getOption('output-file');
         if (!is_writable(dirname($outputFilePath))) {
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/DatabaseReverseCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/DatabaseReverseCommand.php
index 529c9b70de..28c215ef94 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/DatabaseReverseCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/DatabaseReverseCommand.php
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.reverse.parser.class'   => sprintf('\\Propel\\Generator\\Reverse\\%sSchemaParser', $vendor),
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new ReverseManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/GraphvizGenerateCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/GraphvizGenerateCommand.php
index f4f6148b05..d270535186 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/GraphvizGenerateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/GraphvizGenerateCommand.php
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.packageObjectModel' => true,
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new GraphvizManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDiffCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDiffCommand.php
index de765b918a..5142555042 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDiffCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDiffCommand.php
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.platform.class' => $input->getOption('platform'),
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new MigrationManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDownCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDownCommand.php
index e6735cde38..259775ce0f 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDownCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationDownCommand.php
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.platform.class' => $input->getOption('platform'),
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new MigrationManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationMigrateCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationMigrateCommand.php
index 0d572cc90f..ba061cc790 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationMigrateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationMigrateCommand.php
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.platform.class' => $input->getOption('platform'),
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new MigrationManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationStatusCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationStatusCommand.php
index 22b8c2f3d9..4a7ad94f90 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationStatusCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationStatusCommand.php
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.platform.class' => $input->getOption('platform'),
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new MigrationManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationUpCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationUpCommand.php
index 67331306bd..8d8debca9d 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationUpCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/MigrationUpCommand.php
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.platform.class' => $input->getOption('platform'),
         ));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new MigrationManager();
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ModelBuildCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ModelBuildCommand.php
index ae58638c05..ae2b7f74ea 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ModelBuildCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/ModelBuildCommand.php
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.mysql.tableEngineKeyword'           => 'ENGINE',
         ), $this->getBuildProperties($input->getOption('input-dir') . '/build.properties')));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new ModelManager();
+        $manager->setFilesystem($this->getFilesystem());
         $manager->setGeneratorConfig($generatorConfig);
         $manager->setSchemas($this->getSchemas($input->getOption('input-dir')));
         $manager->setLoggerClosure(function($message) use ($input, $output) {
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/SqlBuildCommand.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/SqlBuildCommand.php
index 0d687da777..600be7cc27 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Command/SqlBuildCommand.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Command/SqlBuildCommand.php
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'propel.mysql.tableEngineKeyword'       => 'ENGINE',
         ), $this->getBuildProperties($input->getOption('input-dir') . '/build.properties')));
 
-        $filesystem = $this->getFilesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($input->getOption('output-dir'));
+        $this->createDirectory($input->getOption('output-dir'));
 
         $manager = new SqlManager();
         $manager->setValidate($input->getOption('validate'));
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ModelManager.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ModelManager.php
index 2e09fa7a30..0193d398f5 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ModelManager.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Manager/ModelManager.php
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace Propel\Generator\Manager;
 
+use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Propel\Generator\Builder\Om\AbstractOMBuilder;
-use Propel\Generator\Util\Filesystem;
 
 /**
  * This manager creates the Object Model classes based on the XML schema file.
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
  */
 class ModelManager extends AbstractManager
 {
+    private $filesystem;
+
+    public function setFilesystem(Filesystem $filesystem)
+    {
+        $this->filesystem = $filesystem;
+    }
+
     public function build()
     {
         $this->validate();
@@ -140,8 +147,7 @@ protected function doBuild(AbstractOMBuilder $builder, $overwrite = true)
         $path = $builder->getClassFilePath();
         $file = new \SplFileInfo($this->getWorkingDirectory() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path);
 
-        $filesystem = new Filesystem();
-        $filesystem->mkdir($file->getPath());
+        $this->filesystem->mkdir($file->getPath());
 
         // skip files already created once
         if ($file->isFile() && !$overwrite) {