diff --git a/bin/svggvs b/bin/svggvs
index 3179f5f..47ec84a 100755
--- a/bin/svggvs
+++ b/bin/svggvs
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ module SVGGVS
         end
       end
 
+      Pathname(context.session.pdf_target).parent.mkpath
+
       system "gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=#{context.session.pdf_target} -dBATCH #{pages.join(" ")}"
     end