diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh
index 25b63a60f..28158e359 100755
--- a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh
+++ b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$HOME/.cache/gimp-gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
 
 if [ ! -f "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" ]; then
     echo "Generating GdkPixbuf loaders cache..."
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache"
     gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
 fi