diff --git a/CImage.php b/CImage.php
index e301694..86c70ab 100644
--- a/CImage.php
+++ b/CImage.php
@@ -473,8 +473,13 @@ class CImage
     public function downloadRemoteSource($src)
     {
         $remote = new CRemoteImage();
+        $cache  = $this->saveFolder . "/remote/";
+
+        if (!is_dir($cache)) {
+            mkdir($cache);
+            $this->log("The remote cache does not exists, creating it.");
+        }
 
-        $cache = $this->saveFolder . "/remote/";
         if (!is_writable($cache)) {
             $this->log("The remote cache is not writable.");
         }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32f6e20..d2ff94e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ Revision history
 
 v0.6.x (latest)
 
+* Create cache directory for remote download if it does not exists.
 * Cleaned up `img_config.php` and introduced default values for almost all options #72.