diff --git a/src/osgDB/OutputStream.cpp b/src/osgDB/OutputStream.cpp
index 397c73776..6db556d55 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/OutputStream.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/OutputStream.cpp
@@ -495,6 +495,12 @@ void OutputStream::writeImage( const osg::Image* img )
                 imageFileName = "image.dds";
             }
 
+            std::string imagePath = osgDB::getFilePath(imageFileName);
+            if (!imagePath.empty() && !osgDB::fileExists(imagePath))
+            {
+                osgDB::makeDirectory(imagePath);
+            }
+
             bool result = osgDB::writeImageFile( *img, imageFileName );
             OSG_NOTICE << "OutputStream::writeImage(): Write image data to external file " << imageFileName << std::endl;
             if ( !result )
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/OBJWriterNodeVisitor.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/OBJWriterNodeVisitor.cpp
index 30be4b164..457d3c25a 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/OBJWriterNodeVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/OBJWriterNodeVisitor.cpp
@@ -446,8 +446,16 @@ OBJWriterNodeVisitor::OBJMaterial::OBJMaterial(osg::Material* mat, osg::Texture*
         if ((img) && (!img->getFileName().empty()))
         {
             image = img->getFileName();
-            if(outputTextureFiles)
+            if (outputTextureFiles)
+            {
+                std::string imagePath = osgDB::getFilePath(image);
+                if (!imagePath.empty() && !osgDB::fileExists(imagePath))
+                {
+                    osgDB::makeDirectory(imagePath);
+                }
+
                 osgDB::writeImageFile(*img, image, options);
+            }
         }
     }