diff --git a/lib/fuzzer.zig b/lib/fuzzer.zig
index c50ce759ba..edfde79dd1 100644
--- a/lib/fuzzer.zig
+++ b/lib/fuzzer.zig
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ const Executable = struct {
 
         const cache_dir = Io.Dir.cwd().createDirPathOpen(io, cache_dir_path, .{}) catch |e|
             panic("failed to open directory '{s}': {t}", .{ cache_dir_path, e });
+        cache_dir.createDirPath(io, "tmp") catch |e|
+            panic("failed to create directory 'tmp': {t}", .{e});
         log_f = cache_dir.createFile(io, "tmp/libfuzzer.log", .{ .truncate = false }) catch |e|
             panic("failed to create file 'tmp/libfuzzer.log': {t}", .{e});
         self.cache_f = cache_dir.createDirPathOpen(io, "f", .{}) catch |e|