diff --git a/openeo/rest/connection.py b/openeo/rest/connection.py
index 28de15dfd..8b4663a3b 100644
--- a/openeo/rest/connection.py
+++ b/openeo/rest/connection.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     ContextTimer,
     LazyLoadCache,
     dict_no_none,
+    ensure_dir,
     ensure_list,
     load_json_resource,
     repr_truncate,
@@ -1748,7 +1749,9 @@ def download(
         )
 
         if outputfile is not None:
-            with Path(outputfile).open(mode="wb") as f:
+            target = Path(outputfile)
+            ensure_dir(target.parent)
+            with target.open(mode="wb") as f:
                 for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size):
                     f.write(chunk)
         else: