diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 9b66d55..3dffa01 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
 
+        Update plugins to create destination directories as needed.
         Update ArchivePage plugin.
         Update Tags plugin.
         Update AtomFeed plugin.
diff --git a/lib/HiD/Generator.pm b/lib/HiD/Generator.pm
index 3de4ce7..3c28f0f 100644
--- a/lib/HiD/Generator.pm
+++ b/lib/HiD/Generator.pm
@@ -34,5 +34,17 @@ requires 'generate';
 
 =cut
 
+sub _create_destination_directory_if_needed {
+  my( $self , $dest ) = @_;
+
+  if ( -e $dest ) {
+    $self->FATAL( "'$dest' exists and is not a directory!" )
+      unless -d $dest;
+  }
+  else { mkdir $dest }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
 no Moose::Role;
 1;
diff --git a/lib/HiD/Generator/ArchivePage.pm b/lib/HiD/Generator/ArchivePage.pm
index fb22400..8c823d1 100644
--- a/lib/HiD/Generator/ArchivePage.pm
+++ b/lib/HiD/Generator/ArchivePage.pm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ sub generate {
 
   my $destination = $site->config->{archive_page}{destination} // $site->destination;
 
+  $self->_create_destination_directory_if_needed( $destination );
 
   my %archive = (
     by_year       => {} ,
diff --git a/lib/HiD/Generator/CategoryPages.pm b/lib/HiD/Generator/CategoryPages.pm
index eb280fb..143d1f1 100644
--- a/lib/HiD/Generator/CategoryPages.pm
+++ b/lib/HiD/Generator/CategoryPages.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ sub generate {
 
   my $destination = $self->destination // $site->destination;
 
+  $self->_create_destination_directory_if_needed( $destination );
+
   foreach my $category ( keys %{ $site->categories } ) {
     my $page = HiD::Page->new({
       dest_dir => $destination ,
diff --git a/lib/HiD/Generator/TagPages.pm b/lib/HiD/Generator/TagPages.pm
index 0a2ef27..0626203 100644
--- a/lib/HiD/Generator/TagPages.pm
+++ b/lib/HiD/Generator/TagPages.pm
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ sub generate {
 
   my $destination = $site->config->{tags}{destination} // $site->destination;
 
+  $self->_create_destination_directory_if_needed( $destination );
+
   foreach my $tag ( keys %{ $site->tags } ) {
     my $page = HiD::Page->new({
       dest_dir       => $destination ,