diff --git a/pkg/settings/config.go b/pkg/settings/config.go
index 0d63f811..180fad72 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/config.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/config.go
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ func (c *Configuration) Save(configPath string) error {
 
 	// https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/1325
 	marshalledinfo = append(marshalledinfo, '\n')
+	// https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/1399
+	// fix: unsaved config when yay's config path does not exist
+	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Dir(configPath))
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) && err != nil {
+		if mkErr := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(configPath), 0761); mkErr != nil {
+			return mkErr
+		}
+	}
 	in, err := os.OpenFile(configPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err