diff --git a/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py b/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
index 1cc0590a1..ba0e23b5e 100644
--- a/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/loggers/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from logging import Formatter
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler, SysLogHandler
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from freqtrade.constants import Config
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def setup_logging(config: Config) -> None:
             handler_jd.setFormatter(Formatter("%(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"))
             logging.root.addHandler(handler_jd)
         else:
+            Path(logfile).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             handler_rf = get_existing_handlers(RotatingFileHandler)
             if handler_rf:
                 logging.root.removeHandler(handler_rf)
diff --git a/tests/test_log_setup.py b/tests/test_log_setup.py
index 142134b34..19c6b190d 100644
--- a/tests/test_log_setup.py
+++ b/tests/test_log_setup.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def test_set_loggers_Filehandler(tmp_path):
     logger = logging.getLogger()
     orig_handlers = logger.handlers
     logger.handlers = []
-    logfile = tmp_path / "ft_logfile.log"
+    logfile = tmp_path / "logs/ft_logfile.log"
     config = {
         "verbosity": 2,
         "logfile": str(logfile),