diff --git a/test/runner/lib/cloud/__init__.py b/test/runner/lib/cloud/__init__.py
index 40fce32734d..232a70d428b 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/cloud/__init__.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/cloud/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from lib.util import (
     load_plugins,
     ABC,
     to_bytes,
+    make_dirs,
 )
 
 from lib.target import (
@@ -162,6 +163,8 @@ def cloud_init(args, targets):
             clouds=results,
         )
 
+        make_dirs(os.path.dirname(results_path))
+
         with open(results_path, 'w') as results_fd:
             results_fd.write(json.dumps(data, sort_keys=True, indent=4))