diff --git a/modules/ssh-agent/init b/modules/ssh-agent/init
index 33c4ddc..22c08e7 100644
--- a/modules/ssh-agent/init
+++ b/modules/ssh-agent/init
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # file
 SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/environment"
 
+[ -e "${SSH_ENV:h}" ] || mkdir -p "${SSH_ENV:h}"
+
 function start_agent {
      echo "Initialising new SSH agent..."
      /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}"