diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index c3dda74cc8e..f9e0c201c1f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-03-09  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	* lib/gdb.exp (cached_file): Create cache dir.
+
 2020-03-07  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
 
 	* gdb.cp/ref-params.exp: Compare build_executable result with -1.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 55e58584c8f..9614e8dc87c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -4958,6 +4958,9 @@ proc cached_file { filename txt {executable 0}} {
 	return $filename
     }
 
+    set dir [file dirname $filename]
+    file mkdir $dir
+
     set tmp_filename $filename.[pid]
     set fd [open $tmp_filename w]
     puts $fd $txt