diff --git a/client/djrandom_client/djfuse.py b/client/djrandom_client/djfuse.py
index 9636fc2c921ea9d45555435a9bf562939c07416d..300843faedff1c6bb1406ce53be651e78e342eb7 100644
--- a/client/djrandom_client/djfuse.py
+++ b/client/djrandom_client/djfuse.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import os
 import shelve
 import shutil
 import urllib2
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class DJFS(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
     def __init__(self, server_url, cache_dir):
         self._server_url = server_url.rstrip('/')
         self._cache_dir = cache_dir
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir)
         self._opener = urllib2.build_opener()
         self._hash_cache = shelve.open(
             os.path.joib(cache_dir, 'artist_album'))