diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4a342c..3acf389 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 2026-10-05
+
+grimblast: create parent dirs when saving to file instead of failing when they don't exist.
+
 ### 2026-08-21
 
 grimblast: update layerrule to lua syntax
diff --git a/grimblast/grimblast b/grimblast/grimblast
index 61c9561..8a72eff 100755
--- a/grimblast/grimblast
+++ b/grimblast/grimblast
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ grimblast::check() {
 # The actual grim command used is printed to stderr
 screenshot() {
   local file="$1" output="$2"
+  if [[ -n "$file" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$file")"
+  fi
   xargs --verbose grim <<<"${CURSOR:+-c} ${SCALE:+-s \"$SCALE\"} -t \"$FILETYPE\" ${output:+-o \"$output\"} ${GEOM:+-g \"$GEOM\"} ${WINDOW:+-T \"$WINDOW\"} \"$file\""
 }
 
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ copysave() {
     screenshot - "$OUTPUT" | tee >(wl-copy --type "$(get-mime-type)") || die "Clipboard error"
     notify::ok "$WHAT copied to buffer and piped to stdout"
   else
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$file")"
     screenshot - "$OUTPUT" | tee "$file" | wl-copy --type "$(get-mime-type)" || die "Clipboard error"
     title="Screenshot of $WHAT"
     message="$WHAT copied to buffer and saved to $file"