diff --git a/scripts/savecore b/scripts/savecore
index 9540da63..8057a074 100755
--- a/scripts/savecore
+++ b/scripts/savecore
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ test -r "$core_name"
 tstamp=`/bin/date +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M`
 saved_core=$core_dir/core-$tstamp
 
+mkdir -p $core_dir
 if [ `df -kP $core_dir | awk 'NR!=1 { print $4 }'` -lt "$space_low" ]
 then rm -f $core_name; exit
 fi