diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp
index 3918b5a7ae..4f17a3fe19 100755
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.cpp
@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ void LLTextureCache::setDirNames(ELLPath location)
 {
 	std::string delem = gDirUtilp->getDirDelimiter();
 
+	mCacheParentDirName = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(location,"");
 	mHeaderEntriesFileName = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(location, textures_dirname, entries_filename);
 	mHeaderDataFileName = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(location, textures_dirname, cache_filename);
 	mTexturesDirName = gDirUtilp->getExpandedFilename(location, textures_dirname);
@@ -998,6 +999,10 @@ S64 LLTextureCache::initCache(ELLPath location, S64 max_size, BOOL texture_cache
 	
 	if (!mReadOnly)
 	{
+	        if (!LLFile::isdir(mCacheParentDirName))
+	        {
+	                LLFile::mkdir(mCacheParentDirName);
+                }
 		LLFile::mkdir(mTexturesDirName);
 		
 		const char* subdirs = "0123456789abcdef";
diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h
index 9b266a2805..eebcecf05b 100755
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturecache.h
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ private:
 	responder_list_t mCompletedList;
 	
 	BOOL mReadOnly;
+
+	std::string mCacheParentDirName;
 	
 	// HEADERS (Include first mip)
 	std::string mHeaderEntriesFileName;