diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13ab19974..be8185a25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - Added `z3` option to `one-iteration-checker` to only check for feasible code blocks based on edge z3 constraints
 - Added reporting for errors raised by custom transforms (`Z3Visitor`, `CFGVisitor`)
 - Ensured `SnapshotTracer` does not include the `_trace_func` stack frame
+- Enabled `SnapshotTracer` to create its `output_directory` argument if it doesn't already exist
 
 ### 💫 New checkers
 
diff --git a/python_ta/debug/snapshot_tracer.py b/python_ta/debug/snapshot_tracer.py
index 6b3c31e65..0d1d95413 100644
--- a/python_ta/debug/snapshot_tracer.py
+++ b/python_ta/debug/snapshot_tracer.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import sys
 import types
 import webbrowser
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ def __init__(
         Args:
             output_directory: The directory to save the snapshots, defaulting to the current directory.
                 **Note**: Use this argument instead of the `--output` flag in `memory_viz_args` to specify the output directory.
+                The directory will be created if it does not exist.
             webstepper: Opens a MemoryViz Webstepper webpage to interactively visualize the resulting memory diagrams.
             **kwargs: All other keyword arguments are passed to `python.debug.snapshot`. Refer to the `snapshot` function for more details.
         """
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._snapshot_args["exclude_frames"] = copy.deepcopy(kwargs.get("exclude_frames", []))
         self._snapshot_args["exclude_frames"].append("_trace_func")
         self.output_directory = os.path.abspath(output_directory if output_directory else ".")
+        Path(self.output_directory).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
         self.webstepper = webstepper
         self._first_line = float("inf")