diff --git a/src/confparser.c b/src/confparser.c
index 20092b9..1b3d7ca 100644
--- a/src/confparser.c
+++ b/src/confparser.c
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ static int fopen_and_mkdir(const char *dir)
 		tmp[len - 1] = 0;
 	for (p = tmp + 1; *p; p++)
 		if (*p == '/') {
+			struct stat st = {0};
 			*p = 0;
+			if (stat(tmp, &st) == -1)
+				log(VERBOSE, "Directory \"%s\" doesn't exist. Creating...", tmp);
 			if (mkdir(tmp, 0700) == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
 				log(ERROR,
 					 "Permission denied to create directory: %s",