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