diff --git a/salt/manager/kibana.sls b/salt/manager/kibana.sls
index f9aad3f056..17ac826c2e 100644
--- a/salt/manager/kibana.sls
+++ b/salt/manager/kibana.sls
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ kibana_curl_config_distributed:
     - template: jinja
     - mode: 600
     - show_changes: False
+    - makedirs: True
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