diff --git a/django_remote_submission/wrapper/remote.py b/django_remote_submission/wrapper/remote.py
index cf9ca73a0326428b06cd9515ae60810733d1d3d0..cc2bb532d82b6a3e13d1dd4d5b092cdb096edb23 100644
--- a/django_remote_submission/wrapper/remote.py
+++ b/django_remote_submission/wrapper/remote.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class IdentityFile:
         :param persistent: unless set to `True, RSA files will be automatically deleted when the object is
         about to be garbage collected.
         """
+        sshdir.mkdir(mode=700, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         _, name = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="id_rsa_", dir=sshdir)
         self._private = Path(name)
         self._public = Path(name + ".pub")