diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
index 21fc703d4e72..1fed79acae1c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipfile.py
@@ -994,6 +994,11 @@ def testExtractDir(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(TESTFN2, "a", "b")))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(TESTFN2, "a", "b", "c")))
 
+    def test_bug_6050(self):
+        # Extraction should succeed if directories already exist
+        os.mkdir(os.path.join(TESTFN2, "a"))
+        self.testExtractDir()
+
     def testStoreDir(self):
         os.mkdir(os.path.join(TESTFN2, "x"))
         zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(TESTFN, "w")
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile.py b/Lib/zipfile.py
index aa88563e5f1c..a50a45833614 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile.py
@@ -959,7 +959,8 @@ def _extract_member(self, member, targetpath, pwd):
             os.makedirs(upperdirs)
 
         if member.filename[-1] == '/':
-            os.mkdir(targetpath)
+            if not os.path.isdir(targetpath):
+                os.mkdir(targetpath)
             return targetpath
 
         source = self.open(member, pwd=pwd)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6264e58fa309..1c03d701dfec 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6050: Don't fail extracting a directory from a zipfile if
+  the directory already exists.
+
 - Issue #1309352: fcntl now converts its third arguments to a C `long` rather
   than an int, which makes some operations possible under 64-bit Linux (e.g.
   DN_MULTISHOT with F_NOTIFY).