diff --git a/spec/integration/ssl/certificate_request.rb b/spec/integration/ssl/certificate_request.rb
index f1b2b8460..3be018b82 100755
--- a/spec/integration/ssl/certificate_request.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/ssl/certificate_request.rb
@@ -1,57 +1,59 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 #
 #  Created by Luke Kanies on 2008-4-17.
 #  Copyright (c) 2008. All rights reserved.
 
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/ssl/certificate_request'
 require 'tempfile'
 
 describe Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest do
     before do
         # Get a safe temporary file
         file = Tempfile.new("csr_integration_testing")
         @dir = file.path
         file.delete
 
+        Dir.mkdir(@dir)
+
         Puppet.settings.clear
 
         Puppet.settings[:confdir] = @dir
         Puppet.settings[:vardir] = @dir
 
         @csr = Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest.new("luke.madstop.com")
 
         @key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(512)
     end
 
     after do
         system("rm -rf %s" % @dir)
         Puppet.settings.clear
 
         # This is necessary so the terminus instances don't lie around.
         Puppet::Util::Cacher.expire
     end
 
     it "should be able to generate CSRs" do
         @csr.generate(@key)
     end
 
     it "should be able to save CSRs" do
         @csr.save
     end
 
     it "should be able to find saved certificate requests via the Indirector" do
         @csr.generate(@key)
         @csr.save
 
         Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest.find("luke.madstop.com").should be_instance_of(Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest)
     end
 
     it "should save the completely CSR when saving" do
         @csr.generate(@key)
         @csr.save
 
         Puppet::SSL::CertificateRequest.find("luke.madstop.com").content.to_s.should == @csr.content.to_s
     end
 end