diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 1f71a537e3eb46..0807c5b398f293 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -2086,6 +2086,14 @@ fs.mkdir('/tmp/a/apple', { recursive: true }, (err) => {
 });
 ```
 
+The [`util.features`][] symbol can be used to feature detect if
+recursion is available.
+
+```js
+fs.mkdir[util.features].recursive;
+// true
+```
+
 See also: mkdir(2).
 
 ## fs.mkdirSync(path[, options])
@@ -2106,6 +2114,14 @@ changes:
 Synchronously creates a directory. Returns `undefined`.
 This is the synchronous version of [`fs.mkdir()`][].
 
+The [`util.features`][] symbol can be used to feature detect if
+recursion is available.
+
+```js
+fs.mkdirSync[util.features].recursive;
+// true
+```
+
 See also: mkdir(2).
 
 ## fs.mkdtemp(prefix[, options], callback)
@@ -4012,6 +4028,14 @@ The optional `options` argument can be an integer specifying mode (permission
 and sticky bits), or an object with a `mode` property and a `recursive`
 property indicating whether parent folders should be created.
 
+The [`util.features`][] symbol can be used to feature detect if
+recursion is available.
+
+```js
+fs.mkdir[util.features].recursive;
+// true
+```
+
 ### fsPromises.mkdtemp(prefix[, options])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
@@ -4666,6 +4690,7 @@ the file contents.
 [`kqueue(2)`]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue&sektion=2
 [`net.Socket`]: net.html#net_class_net_socket
 [`stat()`]: fs.html#fs_fs_stat_path_options_callback
+[`util.features`]: util.html#util_util_features
 [`util.promisify()`]: util.html#util_util_promisify_original
 [Caveats]: #fs_caveats
 [Common System Errors]: errors.html#errors_common_system_errors
diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 1c7d2393a143dd..e35af1f36f9efd 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ The `--throw-deprecation` command line flag and `process.throwDeprecation`
 property take precedence over `--trace-deprecation` and
 `process.traceDeprecation`.
 
+## util.features
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* {symbol} that can be used to do feature detection.
+
 ## util.format(format[, ...args])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.5.3
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index bb8c17bbbb5436..cb1bd0adf08fd5 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -745,6 +745,10 @@ function mkdir(path, options, callback) {
                 validateMode(mode, 'mode', 0o777), recursive, req);
 }
 
+internalUtil.addFeatureDetection(mkdir, {
+  recursive: true
+});
+
 function mkdirSync(path, options) {
   if (typeof options === 'number' || typeof options === 'string') {
     options = { mode: options };
@@ -766,6 +770,10 @@ function mkdirSync(path, options) {
   handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
 }
 
+internalUtil.addFeatureDetection(mkdirSync, {
+  recursive: true
+});
+
 function readdir(path, options, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(typeof options === 'function' ? options : callback);
   options = getOptions(options, {});
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index e8cb2317fa4288..bf91426f97d9d3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const {
   ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { getPathFromURL } = require('internal/url');
+const { addFeatureDetection } = require('internal/util');
 const { isUint8Array } = require('internal/util/types');
 const {
   copyObject,
@@ -308,6 +309,10 @@ async function mkdir(path, options) {
                        kUsePromises);
 }
 
+addFeatureDetection(mkdir, {
+  recursive: true
+});
+
 async function readdir(path, options) {
   options = getOptions(options, {});
   path = getPathFromURL(path);
diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index bf8f9c26cf6e9a..ec61c082808c57 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -366,8 +366,20 @@ function isInsideNodeModules() {
   return false;
 }
 
+const kCustomFeatureDetectionSymbol = Symbol('node.util.features');
+
+function addFeatureDetection(obj, value) {
+  Object.defineProperty(obj, kCustomFeatureDetectionSymbol, {
+    value,
+    writable: false,
+    enumerable: false,
+    configurable: true
+  });
+}
+
 
 module.exports = {
+  addFeatureDetection,
   assertCrypto,
   cachedResult,
   convertToValidSignal,
@@ -394,6 +406,9 @@ module.exports = {
   // alternative to using 'inspect'
   customInspectSymbol: Symbol('util.inspect.custom'),
 
+  // Symbol used to do feature detection
+  featureDetectionSymbol: kCustomFeatureDetectionSymbol,
+
   // Used by the buffer module to capture an internal reference to the
   // default isEncoding implementation, just in case userland overrides it.
   kIsEncodingSymbol: Symbol('kIsEncodingSymbol'),
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 3d3bbdb6120fa2..bfc95a936d7288 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const {
   customInspectSymbol,
   deprecate,
   getSystemErrorName: internalErrorName,
+  featureDetectionSymbol,
   isError,
   promisify,
   join,
@@ -1472,6 +1473,7 @@ module.exports = exports = {
   callbackify,
   debuglog,
   deprecate,
+  features: featureDetectionSymbol,
   format,
   formatWithOptions,
   getSystemErrorName,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js
index 024fdced9c44ae..a83378b05ea7bb 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const { features } = require('util');
 
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
@@ -172,6 +173,14 @@ if (common.isMainThread && (common.isLinux || common.isOSX)) {
   });
 }
 
+// mkdirp and mkdirSyncp feature detection
+{
+  assert.strictEqual(fs.mkdir[features].recursive, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(fs.mkdir[features].fhwdgads, undefined);
+  assert.strictEqual(fs.mkdirSync[features].recursive, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(fs.mkdirSync[features].fhwdgads, undefined);
+}
+
 // Keep the event loop alive so the async mkdir() requests
 // have a chance to run (since they don't ref the event loop).
 process.nextTick(() => {});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
index bcfaaf3890d377..f92ec64d432df1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const { features } = require('util');
 const fsPromises = fs.promises;
 const {
   access,
@@ -250,6 +251,12 @@ function verifyStatObject(stat) {
       assert(stats.isDirectory());
     }
 
+    // mkdirp and mkdirSyncp feature detection
+    {
+      assert.strictEqual(mkdir[features].recursive, true);
+      assert.strictEqual(mkdir[features].fhwdgads, undefined);
+    }
+
     await mkdtemp(path.resolve(tmpDir, 'FOO'));
     assert.rejects(
       // mkdtemp() expects to get a string prefix.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-util-add-feature-detection.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-util-add-feature-detection.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5b59ad1ae75cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-internal-util-add-feature-detection.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { addFeatureDetection } = require('internal/util');
+const { features } = require('util');
+
+function myFunction() {
+  return true;
+}
+
+addFeatureDetection(myFunction, {
+  works: true,
+});
+
+assert.strictEqual(typeof myFunction, 'function');
+assert.strictEqual(myFunction(), true);
+assert.strictEqual(myFunction[features].works, true);
+assert.strictEqual(myFunction[features].doesNotWork, undefined);