diff --git a/manifests/query.pp b/manifests/query.pp
index 251fdd9..ee2ba87 100644
--- a/manifests/query.pp
+++ b/manifests/query.pp
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
   $mysql_query_filepath = '/root/puppet-mysql'
   ) {
 
+  if ! defined(File[$mysql_query_filepath]) {
+    file { $mysql_query_filepath:
+      ensure => directory,
+    }
+  }
+
   file { "mysqlquery-${name}.sql":
     ensure  => present,
     mode    => 0600,