diff --git a/hack/bats/tests/mcp.bats b/hack/bats/tests/mcp.bats
index 733d736877b..85e91600251 100644
--- a/hack/bats/tests/mcp.bats
+++ b/hack/bats/tests/mcp.bats
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ tools_call() {
 }
 
 @test 'write_file creates the directory if it does not yet exist' {
-    skip "see https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/4174"
-
     limactl shell "$NAME" rm -rf /tmp/tmp
     tools_call write_file '{"path":"/tmp/tmp/tmp","content":"tmp"}'
     json=$output
diff --git a/pkg/mcp/toolset/filesystem.go b/pkg/mcp/toolset/filesystem.go
index e60032b24aa..1df4b088b58 100644
--- a/pkg/mcp/toolset/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/mcp/toolset/filesystem.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp"
 
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ func (ts *ToolSet) WriteFile(_ context.Context,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+	dir := filepath.Dir(guestPath)
+	err = ts.sftp.MkdirAll(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
 	f, err := ts.sftp.Create(guestPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err