diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/server/test/NCServiceIT.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/server/test/NCServiceIT.java
index 0cc1031..bd99c8c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/server/test/NCServiceIT.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/server/test/NCServiceIT.java
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@
     private static Process invoke(String logfile, String... args) throws Exception {
         ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(args);
         pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
-        File log = new File(LOG_DIR, logfile);
+        File logDir = new File(LOG_DIR);
+        logDir.mkdirs();
+        File log = new File(logDir, logfile);
         log.delete();
         pb.redirectOutput(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.appendTo(log));
         Process p = pb.start();