diff --git a/test/tester.c b/test/tester.c
index 84cf905..6798734 100644
--- a/test/tester.c
+++ b/test/tester.c
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #include <itss-management/ManagementRequest.h>
 #include <itss-management/ManagementReply.h>
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <zmq.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -25,6 +29,11 @@ int init(void* ctx) {
     fflush(stdout);
 
     void* management_socket = zmq_socket(ctx, ZMQ_REP);
+    struct stat st = {0};
+    if (stat("/tmp/itss/", &st) == -1) {
+        mkdir("/tmp/itss", 0777);
+    }
+
     int ra = zmq_bind(management_socket, "ipc:///tmp/itss/management");
     printf("ra %d", ra);
     fflush(stdout);