diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-typography/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-typography/src/gatsby-node.js
index 7c210bec66d2b..4d5e4c3329fca 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-typography/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-typography/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ const typography = new Typography()
 module.exports typography`
   }
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/.cache/typography.js`, module)
+  const dir = `${__dirname}/.cache`
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir)
+  }
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(`${dir}/typography.js`, module)
 }