diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py
index 7aebbe1b6850c..ccb7e4e485f4e 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class GCSToSFTPOperator(BaseOperator):
     :param destination_path: The sftp remote path. This is the specified directory path for
         uploading to the SFTP server.
     :param keep_directory_structure: (Optional) When set to False the path of the file
-         on the bucket is recreated within path passed in destination_path.
+        on the bucket is recreated within path passed in destination_path.
+    :param create_intermediate_dirs: (Optional) When set to True the intermediate directories
+        in the specified file path will be created.
     :param move_object: When move object is True, the object is moved instead
         of copied to the new location. This is the equivalent of a mv command
         as opposed to a cp command.
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ def __init__(
         source_object: str,
         destination_path: str,
         keep_directory_structure: bool = True,
+        create_intermediate_dirs: bool = True,
         move_object: bool = False,
         gcp_conn_id: str = "google_cloud_default",
         sftp_conn_id: str = "ssh_default",
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.source_object = source_object
         self.destination_path = destination_path
         self.keep_directory_structure = keep_directory_structure
+        self.create_intermediate_dirs = create_intermediate_dirs
         self.move_object = move_object
         self.gcp_conn_id = gcp_conn_id
         self.sftp_conn_id = sftp_conn_id
@@ -190,7 +194,9 @@ def _copy_single_object(
         )
 
         dir_path = os.path.dirname(destination_path)
-        sftp_hook.create_directory(dir_path)
+
+        if self.create_intermediate_dirs:
+            sftp_hook.create_directory(dir_path)
 
         with NamedTemporaryFile("w") as tmp:
             gcs_hook.download(
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py
index a880d3eead00f..2e8a7a0f24ccd 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py
@@ -400,3 +400,49 @@ def test_get_openlineage_facets(
         assert result.inputs[0].name == expected_source
         assert result.outputs[0].namespace == "file://11.222.33.44:22"
         assert result.outputs[0].name == expected_destination
+
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.transfers.gcs_to_sftp.GCSHook")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.transfers.gcs_to_sftp.SFTPHook")
+    def test_create_intermediate_dirs_true(self, sftp_hook_mock, gcp_hook_mock):
+        task = GCSToSFTPOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_object="folder/test_object.txt",  # Hard-coding
+            destination_path=DESTINATION_SFTP,
+            keep_directory_structure=True,  # Hard-coding
+            create_intermediate_dirs=True,
+            move_object=False,
+            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
+            sftp_conn_id=SFTP_CONN_ID,
+            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
+        )
+
+        assert task.create_intermediate_dirs
+
+        task.execute(None)
+
+        sftp_hook_mock.return_value.create_directory.assert_called_once_with(
+            os.path.join(DESTINATION_SFTP, "folder")
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.transfers.gcs_to_sftp.GCSHook")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.transfers.gcs_to_sftp.SFTPHook")
+    def test_create_intermediate_dirs_false(self, sftp_hook_mock, gcp_hook_mock):
+        task = GCSToSFTPOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_object="folder/test_object.txt",  # Hard-coding
+            destination_path=DESTINATION_SFTP,
+            keep_directory_structure=True,  # Hard-coding
+            create_intermediate_dirs=False,
+            move_object=False,
+            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
+            sftp_conn_id=SFTP_CONN_ID,
+            impersonation_chain=IMPERSONATION_CHAIN,
+        )
+
+        assert not task.create_intermediate_dirs
+
+        task.execute(None)
+
+        sftp_hook_mock.return_value.create_directory.assert_not_called()