diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Archiving/ZipClient.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Archiving/ZipClient.cs
index 591ae547d6a..9e1d550ebcd 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Archiving/ZipClient.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Archiving/ZipClient.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public void ExtractAll(Stream source, string targetPath, bool overwriteExistingF
                 options.Overwrite = true;
             }
 
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath);
             reader.WriteAllToDirectory(targetPath, options);
         }
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public void ExtractAllFromZip(Stream source, string targetPath, bool overwriteEx
                 Overwrite = overwriteExistingFiles
             };
 
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath);
             reader.WriteAllToDirectory(targetPath, options);
         }
 
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ public void ExtractAllFromGz(Stream source, string targetPath, bool overwriteExi
                 Overwrite = overwriteExistingFiles
             };
 
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath);
             reader.WriteAllToDirectory(targetPath, options);
         }
 
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ public void ExtractAllFrom7z(Stream source, string targetPath, bool overwriteExi
                 Overwrite = overwriteExistingFiles
             };
 
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath);
             reader.WriteAllToDirectory(targetPath, options);
         }
 
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ public void ExtractAllFromTar(Stream source, string targetPath, bool overwriteEx
                 Overwrite = overwriteExistingFiles
             };
 
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(targetPath);
             reader.WriteAllToDirectory(targetPath, options);
         }
     }