diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/gl_helpers.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/gl_helpers.h
index 71f8f7cf55..74fdf1fb01 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/gl_helpers.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/gl_helpers.h
@@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@ namespace gl
 						break;
 					}
 
+					fs::create_path(fs::get_config_dir() + "/shaderlog");
 					fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + base_name + std::to_string(m_id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
 				}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp
index 60af864e67..3548f670b5 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ void VKFragmentProgram::Decompile(const RSXFragmentProgram& prog)
 
 void VKFragmentProgram::Compile()
 {
+	fs::create_path(fs::get_config_dir() + "/shaderlog");
 	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram.spirv", fs::rewrite).write(shader);
 
 	std::vector<u32> spir_v;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
index 34b03f6601..98aa57590b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ void VKVertexProgram::Decompile(const RSXVertexProgram& prog)
 
 void VKVertexProgram::Compile()
 {
+	fs::create_path(fs::get_config_dir() + "/shaderlog");
 	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram.spirv", fs::rewrite).write(shader);
 
 	std::vector<u32> spir_v;