diff --git a/core/cmake/BuildUtils.cmake b/core/cmake/BuildUtils.cmake
index 265cdd0cbc..68cd22ae58 100644
--- a/core/cmake/BuildUtils.cmake
+++ b/core/cmake/BuildUtils.cmake
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ function(ExternalProject_Create_Cache project_name package_file install_path cac
         file(REMOVE ${package_file})
     endif()
 
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "(.+)/.+$" "\\1" package_dir ${package_file})
+    if(NOT EXISTS ${package_dir})
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${package_dir})
+    endif()
+
     message(STATUS "Will create cached package file: ${package_file}")
 
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(${project_name} package
diff --git a/core/src/index/cmake/BuildUtilsCore.cmake b/core/src/index/cmake/BuildUtilsCore.cmake
index ce798c4bb0..905b173429 100644
--- a/core/src/index/cmake/BuildUtilsCore.cmake
+++ b/core/src/index/cmake/BuildUtilsCore.cmake
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ function(ExternalProject_Create_Cache project_name package_file install_path cac
         file(REMOVE ${package_file})
     endif()
 
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "(.+)/.+$" "\\1" package_dir ${package_file})
+    if(NOT EXISTS ${package_dir})
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${package_dir})
+    endif()
+
     message(STATUS "Will create cached package file: ${package_file}")
 
     ExternalProject_Add_Step(${project_name} package