diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/camera/CameraUtils.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/camera/CameraUtils.java
index 31a6c546e..e39025301 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/camera/CameraUtils.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/camera/CameraUtils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public static File createImageFile(Activity activity, boolean saveToGallery) thr
         if(saveToGallery) {
             Log.d(getLogTag(), "Trying to save image to public external directory");
             storageDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
+            storageDir.mkdirs();
         }  else {
             storageDir = activity.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
         }