diff --git a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
index 52e1d5cfbb..2deda00ff2 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
+++ b/ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ class Pathname    # * FileUtils *
   def mkpath(mode: nil)
     require 'fileutils'
     FileUtils.mkpath(@path, mode: mode)
-    nil
+    self
   end
 
   # Recursively deletes a directory, including all directories beneath it.
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class Pathname    # * FileUtils *
     # File::Path provides "mkpath" and "rmtree".
     require 'fileutils'
     FileUtils.rm_rf(@path, noop: noop, verbose: verbose, secure: secure)
-    nil
+    self
   end
 end
 
@@ -619,4 +619,3 @@ class Pathname    # * tmpdir *
     end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb b/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
index edd96e2724..6a4bb784bd 100644
--- a/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
+++ b/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
@@ -1475,7 +1475,8 @@ class TestPathname < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_mkpath
     with_tmpchdir('rubytest-pathname') {|dir|
-      Pathname("a/b/c/d").mkpath
+      path = Pathname("a/b/c/d")
+      assert_equal(path, path.mkpath)
       assert_file.directory?("a/b/c/d")
       unless File.stat(dir).world_readable?
         # mktmpdir should make unreadable
@@ -1491,7 +1492,8 @@ class TestPathname < Test::Unit::TestCase
     with_tmpchdir('rubytest-pathname') {|dir|
       Pathname("a/b/c/d").mkpath
       assert_file.exist?("a/b/c/d")
-      Pathname("a").rmtree
+      path = Pathname("a")
+      assert_equal(path, path.rmtree)
       assert_file.not_exist?("a")
     }
   end