diff --git a/src/poetry_plugin_export/exporter.py b/src/poetry_plugin_export/exporter.py
index f4dafc1..8f1cae7 100644
--- a/src/poetry_plugin_export/exporter.py
+++ b/src/poetry_plugin_export/exporter.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 from cleo.io.io import IO
 from poetry.core.packages.dependency_group import MAIN_GROUP
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
 
 
 try:
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ def _export_generic_txt(
         if isinstance(output, IO):
             output.write(content)
         else:
+            Path(os.path.dirname(output)).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             with (cwd / output).open("w", encoding="utf-8") as txt:
                 txt.write(content)