diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
index 4439dcb14..8dc026759 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
@@ -321,6 +321,13 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
                     Logging.Log.WriteVerboseMessage(LOGTAG, "PatchingMetadata", "Patching metadata with remote data: {0}", targetpath);
                     try
                     {
+                        var folderpath = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GetParent(targetpath, false);
+                        if (!options.Dryrun && !m_systemIO.DirectoryExists(folderpath))
+                        {
+                            Logging.Log.WriteWarningMessage(LOGTAG, "CreateMissingFolder", null, "Creating missing folder {0} for target {1}", folderpath, targetpath);
+                            m_systemIO.DirectoryCreate(folderpath);
+                        }
+
                         ApplyMetadata(targetpath, metainfo.Value, options.RestorePermissions, options.RestoreSymlinkMetadata, options.Dryrun);
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)