diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
index 98a04821eb..75027b06d3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin.groovy
@@ -100,9 +100,12 @@ class SpringCloudContractVerifierGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 	private void setConfigurationDefaults(ContractVerifierExtension extension) {
 		extension.with {
 			generatedTestSourcesDir = generatedTestSourcesDir ?: project.file("${project.buildDir}/generated-test-sources/contracts")
+			generatedTestSourcesDir.mkdirs()
 			contractsDslDir = contractsDslDir ?: defaultContractsDir() //TODO: Use sourceset
+			contractsDslDir.mkdirs()
 			basePackageForTests = basePackageForTests ?: 'org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.tests'
 			stubsOutputDir = stubsOutputDir ?: project.file("${project.buildDir}/stubs/")
+			stubsOutputDir.mkdirs()
 		}
 	}