diff --git a/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js b/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js
index df053feec..644431196 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ async function createTmpDirs(projectName) {
 	const {path: tmpDirPath} = await createTmpDir(projectName);
 
 	const sourcePath = path.join(tmpDirPath, "src"); // dir will be created by writing project resources below
+	await makeDir(sourcePath, {fs});
 	const targetPath = path.join(tmpDirPath, "target"); // dir will be created by jsdoc itself
+	await makeDir(targetPath, {fs});
 
 	const tmpPath = path.join(tmpDirPath, "tmp"); // dir needs to be created by us
 	await makeDir(tmpPath, {fs});
diff --git a/test/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js b/test/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js
index 816bc07cf..03f96486d 100644
--- a/test/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js
+++ b/test/lib/tasks/jsdoc/generateJsdoc.js
@@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ test.serial("createTmpDirs", async (t) => {
 		targetPath: path.join("/", "some", "path", "target"),
 		tmpPath: path.join("/", "some", "path", "tmp")
 	}, "Correct temporary directories returned");
-	t.deepEqual(makeDirStub.callCount, 1, "One directory got created");
-	t.deepEqual(makeDirStub.getCall(0).args[0], path.join("/", "some", "path", "tmp"), "Correct dir path got created");
+	t.deepEqual(makeDirStub.callCount, 3, "One directory got created");
+	t.deepEqual(makeDirStub.getCall(0).args[0], path.join("/", "some", "path", "src"),
+		"Correct srcdir path got created");
+	t.deepEqual(makeDirStub.getCall(1).args[0], path.join("/", "some", "path", "target"),
+		"Correct target dir path got created");
+	t.deepEqual(makeDirStub.getCall(2).args[0], path.join("/", "some", "path", "tmp"),
+		"Correct tmp dir path got created");
 
 	mock.stop("make-dir");
 });