diff --git a/agent-local/dpkg b/agent-local/dpkg
index 70917ba..e89e2a0 100755
--- a/agent-local/dpkg
+++ b/agent-local/dpkg
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ if [ -x /usr/bin/dpkg-query ]; then
   DATE=$(date +%s)
   FILE=/var/cache/librenms/agent-local-dpkg
   
+  [ -d /var/cache/librenms ] || mkdir -p /var/cache/librenms
+  
   if [ ! -e $FILE ]; then
     dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Status} ${Package} ${Version} ${Architecture} ${Installed-Size}\n'|grep " installed "|cut -d\  -f4- > $FILE
   fi