diff --git a/core/cmake/BuildUtils.cmake b/core/cmake/BuildUtils.cmake
index 265cdd0cbcd5021a3edf569fd9d7eda6c5431c9b..68cd22ae58b9e37f97c586de37fad77d676f4e83 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 ce798c4bb096e470757895b5c3cfd063f9842d13..905b173429d4dee2c0b41dac32674dab0516e639 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