diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
index 3f19b697c..692c189f2 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def build(
 
         target_dir = target_dir or self.default_target_dir
         if not target_dir.exists():
-            target_dir.mkdir()
+            target_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
 
         fd, temp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".whl")
 
diff --git a/tests/masonry/builders/test_sdist.py b/tests/masonry/builders/test_sdist.py
index fc4ba4a7a..6a9e60d19 100644
--- a/tests/masonry/builders/test_sdist.py
+++ b/tests/masonry/builders/test_sdist.py
@@ -288,6 +288,23 @@ def test_package(project_name: str) -> None:
         assert "my_package-1.2.3/LICENSE" in tar.getnames()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("target_dir", [None, "dist", "dist/build"])
+def test_package_target_dir(tmp_path: Path, target_dir: str | None) -> None:
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(project("complete"))
+
+    builder = SdistBuilder(poetry)
+    builder.build(target_dir=tmp_path / target_dir if target_dir else None)
+
+    sdist = (
+        tmp_path / target_dir if target_dir else fixtures_dir / "complete" / "dist"
+    ) / "my_package-1.2.3.tar.gz"
+
+    assert sdist.exists()
+
+    with tarfile.open(str(sdist), "r") as tar:
+        assert "my_package-1.2.3/LICENSE" in tar.getnames()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("project_name", ["complete", "complete_new"])
 def test_sdist_reproducibility(project_name: str) -> None:
     poetry = Factory().create_poetry(project(project_name))
diff --git a/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py b/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py
index f6bb27eca..6c840c73d 100644
--- a/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py
+++ b/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py
@@ -83,6 +83,25 @@ def test_wheel_package(project: str) -> None:
         assert "my_package/sub_pkg1/__init__.py" in z.namelist()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("target_dir", [None, "dist", "dist/build"])
+def test_wheel_package_target_dir(tmp_path: Path, target_dir: str | None) -> None:
+    module_path = fixtures_dir / "complete"
+
+    WheelBuilder.make_in(
+        Factory().create_poetry(module_path),
+        directory=tmp_path / target_dir if target_dir else None,
+    )
+
+    whl = (
+        tmp_path / target_dir if target_dir else module_path / "dist"
+    ) / "my_package-1.2.3-py3-none-any.whl"
+
+    assert whl.exists()
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(str(whl)) as z:
+        assert "my_package/sub_pkg1/__init__.py" in z.namelist()
+
+
 def test_wheel_prerelease() -> None:
     module_path = fixtures_dir / "prerelease"
     WheelBuilder.make(Factory().create_poetry(module_path))