diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c
index 36626461a5..e07871b88d 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static switch_status_t set_json_cdr_log_dirs()
 			if ((path = switch_safe_strdup(globals.base_log_dir))) {
 				switch_thread_rwlock_wrlock(globals.log_path_lock);
 				switch_safe_free(globals.log_dir);
+				switch_dir_make_recursive(path, SWITCH_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMS, globals.pool);
 				globals.log_dir = path;
 				switch_thread_rwlock_unlock(globals.log_path_lock);
 			} else {
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ static switch_status_t set_json_cdr_log_dirs()
 			if ((path = switch_safe_strdup(globals.base_err_log_dir[err_dir_index]))) {
 				switch_thread_rwlock_wrlock(globals.log_path_lock);
 				switch_safe_free(globals.err_log_dir[err_dir_index]);
+				switch_dir_make_recursive(path, SWITCH_DEFAULT_DIR_PERMS, globals.pool);
 				globals.err_log_dir[err_dir_index] = path;
 				switch_thread_rwlock_unlock(globals.log_path_lock);
 			} else {