diff --git a/src/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/03-vyos-dhclient-hook b/src/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/03-vyos-dhclient-hook
index 35721d009..d5e6462ba 100644
--- a/src/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/03-vyos-dhclient-hook
+++ b/src/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/03-vyos-dhclient-hook
@@ -1,45 +1,46 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Author: Stig Thormodsrud <stig@vyatta.com>
 # Date: 2007
 # Description: dhcp client hook
 
 # **** License ****
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 # General Public License for more details.
 #
 # This code was originally developed by Vyatta, Inc.
 # Portions created by Vyatta are Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Vyatta, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 # **** End License ****
 
 # To enable this script set the following variable to "yes"
 RUN="yes"
 
 proto=""
 if [[ $reason =~ ^(REBOOT6|INIT6|EXPIRE6|RELEASE6|STOP6|INFORM6|BOUND6|REBIND6|DELEGATED6)$ ]]; then
         proto="v6"
 fi
 
 if [ "$RUN" = "yes" ]; then
         BASE_PATH=$(python3 -c "from vyos.defaults import directories; print(directories['isc_dhclient_dir'])")
+        mkdir -p ${BASE_PATH}
         LOG=${BASE_PATH}/dhclient_"$interface"."$proto"lease
         echo `date` > $LOG
 
         for i in reason interface new_expiry new_dhcp_lease_time medium \
                         alias_ip_address new_ip_address new_broadcast_address \
                         new_subnet_mask new_domain_name new_network_number \
                         new_domain_name_servers new_routers new_static_routes \
 			new_dhcp_server_identifier new_dhcp_message_type \
                         old_ip_address old_subnet_mask old_domain_name \
                         old_domain_name_servers old_routers \
                         old_static_routes; do
                 echo $i=\'${!i}\' >> $LOG
         done
 fi