diff --git a/include/appFs.hpp b/include/appFs.hpp
index 5b53dce..c9178f8 100644
--- a/include/appFs.hpp
+++ b/include/appFs.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class AppFsFuse {
 	 * @param rootDirectory A shared pointer to the telemetry root directory.
 	 * @param mountPoint The mount point directory path.
 	 * @param tryToUnmountOnStart Whether to attempt unmounting the mount point if it's already
+	 * mounted.
+	 * @param createMountPoint Whether to create the mount point directory if it doesn't exist.
 	 *
 	 * @throws std::runtime_error if rootDirectory is nullptr.
 	 * @throws std::runtime_error if setup and mount process fails.
@@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ class AppFsFuse {
 	AppFsFuse(
 		std::shared_ptr<Directory> rootDirectory,
 		const std::string& mountPoint,
-		bool tryToUnmountOnStart = true);
+		bool tryToUnmountOnStart = true,
+		bool createMountPoint = false);
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Creates a new thread to run the FUSE event loop.
diff --git a/src/appFs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/appFs/CMakeLists.txt
index cc73b06..cda73c6 100644
--- a/src/appFs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/appFs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ endif()
 add_library(telemetry::appFs ALIAS appFs)
 
 target_compile_definitions(appFs PUBLIC FUSE_USE_VERSION=30 _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64)
-target_link_libraries(appFs PUBLIC telemetry PkgConfig::fuse)
+target_link_libraries(appFs PUBLIC telemetry PkgConfig::fuse stdc++fs)
 target_include_directories(appFs PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 if (TELEMETRY_INSTALL_TARGETS)
diff --git a/src/appFs/appFs.cpp b/src/appFs/appFs.cpp
index c683f60..858c016 100644
--- a/src/appFs/appFs.cpp
+++ b/src/appFs/appFs.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <appFs.hpp>
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
@@ -342,6 +343,19 @@ static void fillFuseArgs(struct fuse_args* fuseArgs)
 	fuse_opt_add_arg(fuseArgs, "attr_timeout=0");
 }
 
+static void createDirectories(const std::string& path)
+{
+	if (std::filesystem::exists(path)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	std::error_code errorCode;
+	if (!std::filesystem::create_directories(path, errorCode)) {
+		throw std::runtime_error(
+			"Failed to create directory (" + path + "). Error: " + errorCode.message());
+	}
+}
+
 class FuseArgs {
 public:
 	FuseArgs()
@@ -360,7 +374,8 @@ class FuseArgs {
 AppFsFuse::AppFsFuse(
 	std::shared_ptr<Directory> rootDirectory,
 	const std::string& mountPoint,
-	bool tryToUnmountOnStart)
+	bool tryToUnmountOnStart,
+	bool createMountPoint)
 {
 	m_rootDirectory = std::move(rootDirectory);
 	if (m_rootDirectory == nullptr) {
@@ -373,6 +388,10 @@ AppFsFuse::AppFsFuse(
 	struct fuse_operations fuseOps = {};
 	setFuseOperations(&fuseOps);
 
+	if (createMountPoint) {
+		createDirectories(mountPoint);
+	}
+
 	m_fuse.reset(fuse_new(fuseArgs.get(), &fuseOps, sizeof(fuseOps), (void*) &m_rootDirectory));
 	if (m_fuse == nullptr) {
 		throw std::runtime_error("fuse_new() has failed.");