diff --git a/FuzzerDriver.cpp b/FuzzerDriver.cpp
index 4669b12..2615014 100644
--- a/FuzzerDriver.cpp
+++ b/FuzzerDriver.cpp
@@ -250,11 +250,26 @@
   }
 }
 
-static void ValidateDirectoryExists(const std::string &Path) {
-  if (!Path.empty() && !IsDirectory(Path)) {
-    Printf("ERROR: The required directory \"%s\" does not exist\n", Path.c_str());
+static void ValidateDirectoryExists(const std::string &Path,
+                                    bool CreateDirectory) {
+  if (Path.empty()) {
+    Printf("ERROR: Provided directory path is an empty string\n");
     exit(1);
   }
+
+  if (IsDirectory(Path))
+    return;
+
+  if (CreateDirectory) {
+    if (!MkDirRecursive(Path)) {
+      Printf("ERROR: Failed to create directory \"%s\"\n", Path.c_str());
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Printf("ERROR: The required directory \"%s\" does not exist\n", Path.c_str());
+  exit(1);
 }
 
 std::string CloneArgsWithoutX(const Vector<std::string> &Args,
@@ -691,7 +706,7 @@
     std::string OutputCorpusDir = (*Inputs)[0];
     if (!IsFile(OutputCorpusDir)) {
       Options.OutputCorpus = OutputCorpusDir;
-      ValidateDirectoryExists(Options.OutputCorpus);
+      ValidateDirectoryExists(Options.OutputCorpus, Flags.create_missing_dirs);
     }
   }
   Options.ReportSlowUnits = Flags.report_slow_units;
@@ -705,11 +720,12 @@
     if (!IsSeparator(ArtifactPathDir[ArtifactPathDir.length() - 1])) {
       ArtifactPathDir = DirName(ArtifactPathDir);
     }
-    ValidateDirectoryExists(ArtifactPathDir);
+    ValidateDirectoryExists(ArtifactPathDir, Flags.create_missing_dirs);
   }
   if (Flags.exact_artifact_path) {
     Options.ExactArtifactPath = Flags.exact_artifact_path;
-    ValidateDirectoryExists(DirName(Options.ExactArtifactPath));
+    ValidateDirectoryExists(DirName(Options.ExactArtifactPath),
+                            Flags.create_missing_dirs);
   }
   Vector<Unit> Dictionary;
   if (Flags.dict)
@@ -735,7 +751,7 @@
     Options.DataFlowTrace = Flags.data_flow_trace;
   if (Flags.features_dir) {
     Options.FeaturesDir = Flags.features_dir;
-    ValidateDirectoryExists(Options.FeaturesDir);
+    ValidateDirectoryExists(Options.FeaturesDir, Flags.create_missing_dirs);
   }
   if (Flags.collect_data_flow)
     Options.CollectDataFlow = Flags.collect_data_flow;
diff --git a/FuzzerFlags.def b/FuzzerFlags.def
index 832224a..8114791 100644
--- a/FuzzerFlags.def
+++ b/FuzzerFlags.def
@@ -167,3 +167,7 @@
 FUZZER_FLAG_STRING(data_flow_trace, "Experimental: use the data flow trace")
 FUZZER_FLAG_STRING(collect_data_flow,
                    "Experimental: collect the data flow trace")
+
+FUZZER_FLAG_INT(create_missing_dirs, 0, "Automatically attempt to create "
+     "directories for arguments that would normally expect them to already "
+     "exist (i.e. artifact_prefix, exact_artifact_path, features_dir, corpus)")
diff --git a/FuzzerIO.cpp b/FuzzerIO.cpp
index cbb1dbe..c3330c3 100644
--- a/FuzzerIO.cpp
+++ b/FuzzerIO.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,38 @@
   fflush(OutputFile);
 }
 
+static bool MkDirRecursiveInner(const std::string &Leaf) {
+  // Prevent chance of potential infinite recursion
+  if (Leaf == ".")
+    return true;
+
+  const std::string &Dir = DirName(Leaf);
+
+  if (IsDirectory(Dir)) {
+    MkDir(Leaf);
+    return IsDirectory(Leaf);
+  }
+
+  bool ret = MkDirRecursiveInner(Dir);
+  if (!ret) {
+    // Give up early if a previous MkDir failed
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  MkDir(Leaf);
+  return IsDirectory(Leaf);
+}
+
+bool MkDirRecursive(const std::string &Dir) {
+  if (Dir.empty())
+    return false;
+
+  if (IsDirectory(Dir))
+    return true;
+
+  return MkDirRecursiveInner(Dir);
+}
+
 void RmDirRecursive(const std::string &Dir) {
   IterateDirRecursive(
       Dir, [](const std::string &Path) {},
diff --git a/FuzzerIO.h b/FuzzerIO.h
index 8def2e9..6e3a0b4 100644
--- a/FuzzerIO.h
+++ b/FuzzerIO.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 void ListFilesInDirRecursive(const std::string &Dir, long *Epoch,
                              Vector<std::string> *V, bool TopDir);
 
+bool MkDirRecursive(const std::string &Dir);
 void RmDirRecursive(const std::string &Dir);
 
 // Iterate files and dirs inside Dir, recursively.