diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/HdfsWriteFile.cpp b/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/HdfsWriteFile.cpp
index 883ab1f64904..e37dcac4c05d 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/HdfsWriteFile.cpp
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/HdfsWriteFile.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ HdfsWriteFile::HdfsWriteFile(
     short replication,
     int blockSize)
     : hdfsClient_(hdfsClient), filePath_(path) {
+  auto pos = filePath_.rfind("/");
+  auto parentDir = filePath_.substr(0, pos + 1);
+  // Check whether the parentDir exist, create it if not exist.
+  if (hdfsExists(hdfsClient_, parentDir.c_str()) == -1) {
+    hdfsCreateDirectory(hdfsClient_, parentDir.c_str());
+  }
+
   hdfsFile_ = hdfsOpenFile(
       hdfsClient_,
       filePath_.c_str(),
diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/tests/HdfsFileSystemTest.cpp b/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/tests/HdfsFileSystemTest.cpp
index 51d933167333..f9d50f5985d6 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/tests/HdfsFileSystemTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/hdfs/tests/HdfsFileSystemTest.cpp
@@ -429,6 +429,20 @@ TEST_F(HdfsFileSystemTest, writeFlushFailures) {
       "Cannot flush HDFS file because file handle is null, file path: /a.txt");
 }
 
+TEST_F(HdfsFileSystemTest, writeWithParentDirNotExist) {
+  std::string path = "/parent/directory/that/does/not/exist/a.txt";
+  auto writeFile = openFileForWrite(path);
+  std::string data = "abcdefghijk";
+  writeFile->append(data);
+  writeFile->flush();
+  ASSERT_EQ(writeFile->size(), 0);
+  writeFile->append(data);
+  writeFile->append(data);
+  writeFile->flush();
+  writeFile->close();
+  ASSERT_EQ(writeFile->size(), data.size() * 3);
+}
+
 TEST_F(HdfsFileSystemTest, readFailures) {
   struct hdfsBuilder* builder = hdfsNewBuilder();
   hdfsBuilderSetNameNode(builder, localhost.c_str());