diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_nolibc.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_nolibc.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_nolibc.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_nolibc.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #endif
 void WriteToSyslog(const char *buffer) {}
 void Abort() { internal__exit(1); }
+bool CreateDir(const char *pathname) { return false; }
 #endif // !SANITIZER_WINDOWS
 
 #if !SANITIZER_WINDOWS && !SANITIZER_MAC
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.h b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.h
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.h
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
 char *FindPathToBinary(const char *name);
 bool IsPathSeparator(const char c);
 bool IsAbsolutePath(const char *path);
+// Returns true on success, false on failure.
+bool CreateDir(const char *pathname);
 // Starts a subprocess and returs its pid.
 // If *_fd parameters are not kInvalidFd their corresponding input/output
 // streams will be redirect to the file. The files will always be closed
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_file.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@
   fd_pid = pid;
 }
 
+static void RecursiveCreateParentDirs(char *path) {
+  if (path[0] == '\0')
+    return;
+  for (int i = 1; path[i] != '\0'; ++i) {
+    char save = path[i];
+    if (!IsPathSeparator(path[i]))
+      continue;
+    path[i] = '\0';
+    /* Some of these will fail, because the directory exists, ignore it. */
+    CreateDir(path);
+    path[i] = save;
+  }
+}
+
 void ReportFile::SetReportPath(const char *path) {
   if (path) {
     uptr len = internal_strlen(path);
@@ -95,6 +109,7 @@
     fd = kStdoutFd;
   } else {
     internal_snprintf(path_prefix, kMaxPathLength, "%s", path);
+    RecursiveCreateParentDirs(path_prefix);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_posix_libcdep.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+bool CreateDir(const char *pathname) { return mkdir(pathname, 0755) == 0; }
+
 bool SupportsColoredOutput(fd_t fd) {
   return isatty(fd) != 0;
 }
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@
   internal__exit(3);
 }
 
+bool CreateDir(const char *pathname) { return _mkdir(pathname) == 0; }
+
 #if !SANITIZER_GO
 // Read the file to extract the ImageBase field from the PE header. If ASLR is
 // disabled and this virtual address is available, the loader will typically
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_libc_test.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_libc_test.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_libc_test.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_libc_test.cpp
@@ -326,3 +326,17 @@
   internal_unlink(tmpfile);
 }
 #endif
+
+TEST(SanitizerCommon, ReportFile) {
+  StaticSpinMutex report_file_mu;
+  ReportFile report_file = {&report_file_mu, kStderrFd, "", "", 0};
+  char tmpfile[128];
+  temp_file_name(tmpfile, sizeof(tmpfile),
+                 "dir/sanitizer_common.reportfile.tmp.");
+  report_file.SetReportPath(tmpfile);
+  const char *path = report_file.GetReportPath();
+  EXPECT_EQ(internal_strncmp(tmpfile, path, strlen(tmpfile)), 0);
+  // This will close tmpfile.
+  report_file.SetReportPath("stderr");
+  Unlink(tmpfile);
+}
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/sanitizer_common/TestCases/Posix/sanitizer_set_report_path_test.cpp b/compiler-rt/test/sanitizer_common/TestCases/Posix/sanitizer_set_report_path_test.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/test/sanitizer_common/TestCases/Posix/sanitizer_set_report_path_test.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/sanitizer_common/TestCases/Posix/sanitizer_set_report_path_test.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   char buff[1000];
-  sprintf(buff, "%s.report_path", argv[0]);
+  sprintf(buff, "%s.report_path/report", argv[0]);
   __sanitizer_set_report_path(buff);
   assert(strncmp(buff, __sanitizer_get_report_path(), strlen(buff)) == 0);
   printf("Path %s\n", __sanitizer_get_report_path());
 }
 
-// CHECK: Path {{.*}}Posix/Output/sanitizer_set_report_path_test.cpp.tmp.report_path.
+// CHECK: Path {{.*}}Posix/Output/sanitizer_set_report_path_test.cpp.tmp.report_path/report.