diff --git a/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go b/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go
index 1391d407d179569e68182e5a2383a6212ffc0fb2..f0d1b8c3989fe884d06aac52d4d499ad6e29700c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/schedule/daemonize_windows.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package schedule
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -91,6 +93,9 @@ func startSystemdService(profile string, duration time.Duration) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting command runner")
 	}
+	if rr, err := runner.RunCmd(exec.Command("sudo", "mkdir", "-p", filepath.Dir(constants.ScheduledStopEnvFile))); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "creating dirs: %v", rr.Output())
+	}
 	// update environment file to include duration
 	if err := runner.Copy(environmentFile(duration)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "copying scheduled stop env file")