diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts
index 1a3ad76499..77368fc1ab 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.test.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ describe('CookieCutter Templater', () => {
       dockerClient: mockDocker,
     });
 
+    expect(fs.ensureDir).toBeCalledWith(path.join('tempdir', 'intermediate'));
     expect(fs.writeJson).toBeCalledWith(
       path.join('tempdir', 'template', 'cookiecutter.json'),
       expect.objectContaining(values),
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts
index 09d4faa37c..9568af2a15 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/stages/templater/cookiecutter.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export class CookieCutter implements TemplaterBase {
   }: TemplaterRunOptions): Promise<void> {
     const templateDir = path.join(workspacePath, 'template');
     const intermediateDir = path.join(workspacePath, 'intermediate');
+    await fs.ensureDir(intermediateDir);
     const resultDir = path.join(workspacePath, 'result');
 
     // First lets grab the default cookiecutter.json file