diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_user.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_user.py
index df0a19c3..e927a883 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_user.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_user.py
@@ -30,3 +30,13 @@ def test_get_user_dict(make_config, tmp_path):
     assert data["uid"] == "vmail"
     assert data["gid"] == "vmail"
     assert data["password"] == enc_password
+
+
+def test_no_mailboxes_dir(testaddr, example_config, tmp_path):
+    p = tmp_path.joinpath("a", "mailboxes")
+    example_config.mailboxes_dir = p
+
+    user = example_config.get_user(testaddr)
+    user.set_password("someeqkjwelkqwjleqwe")
+    user.set_last_login_timestamp(100000)
+    assert user.get_last_login_timestamp() == 86400
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/user.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/user.py
index 7b468310..f9be3f5f 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/user.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/user.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class User:
         The caller has to ensure only a single thread writes to the same
         user's password file.
         """
-        self.maildir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+        self.maildir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
         password = enc_password.encode("ascii")
 
         try: