diff --git a/test/e2e-tests.sh b/test/e2e-tests.sh
index 27c51c88ae67..92d6ff3c0e25 100755
--- a/test/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ if (( ! RUN_TESTS )); then
   fi
   # SSH keys are not used, but kubetest checks for their existence.
   # Touch them so if they don't exist, empty files are create to satisfy the check.
+  mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
   touch $HOME/.ssh/google_compute_engine.pub
   touch $HOME/.ssh/google_compute_engine
   # Clear user and cluster variables, so they'll be set to the test cluster.