diff --git a/packages/babel-register/package.json b/packages/babel-register/package.json
index e856e06e57..492aae08d1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-register/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-register/package.json
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
   "main": "lib/node.js",
   "browser": "lib/browser.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-runtime": "^5.0.0",
     "core-js": "^1.0.0",
     "home-or-tmp": "^1.0.0",
-    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
     "lodash": "^3.10.0",
-    "source-map-support": "^0.2.10",
-    "babel-core": "^6.3.13",
-    "babel-runtime": "^5.0.0"
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.2.10"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
index 029b20472f..8c5177a00c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
+++ b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
+import { sync as mkdirpSync } from "mkdirp";
 import homeOrTmp from "home-or-tmp";
 import pathExists from "path-exists";
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export function save() {
       throw err;
     }
   }
+  mkdirpSync(path.dirname(FILENAME));
   fs.writeFileSync(FILENAME, serialised);
 }