diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index 94d6f2109576b9..9e7f347f0f9ecb 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ if (process.env.TEST_THREAD_ID) {
 }
 exports.tmpDir = path.join(exports.testDir, exports.tmpDirName);
 
+// Create tmpDir if it does not exist
+try {
+  fs.accessSync(exports.tmpDir);
+} catch (err) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(exports.tmpDir);
+}
+
 var opensslCli = null;
 var inFreeBSDJail = null;
 var localhostIPv4 = null;