diff --git a/stepmania/src/SongCacheIndex.cpp b/stepmania/src/SongCacheIndex.cpp
index a2ee1038d4..d03c1c3ebe 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/SongCacheIndex.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/SongCacheIndex.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SongCacheIndex *SONGINDEX;
 
 SongCacheIndex::SongCacheIndex()
 {
+	mkdir("Cache", 0755);
 	CacheIndex.SetPath( "Cache\\index.cache" );
 	ReadCacheIndex();
 }