diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/utils/tdb.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/utils/tdb.py
index ced61a31b94be..451d0a6a18bc6 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/utils/tdb.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/utils/tdb.py
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ def __init__(
                     )
                 self.full_path = name
             case _:
+                if not os.path.exists(self.path_type.value):
+                    os.makedirs(self.path_type.value, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+
                 self.full_path = f'{self.path_type.value}/{name}.tdb'
 
         self.hdl = tdb.Tdb(self.full_path, 0, tdb_flags, open_flags, open_mode)