diff --git a/src/Providers/ViewServiceProvider.php b/src/Providers/ViewServiceProvider.php
index f00c4e47094..fa7741f51c6 100644
--- a/src/Providers/ViewServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Providers/ViewServiceProvider.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 use Statamic\Contracts\View\Antlers\Parser as ParserContract;
+use Statamic\Facades\File;
 use Statamic\Facades\Site;
 use Statamic\Statamic;
 use Statamic\StaticCaching\NoCache\Region;
@@ -425,7 +426,9 @@ public function registerBladeDirectives()
 
     public function boot()
     {
-        ViewFactory::addNamespace('nocache__views', storage_path('statamic/tmp/nocache'));
+        File::makeDirectory($nocacheViews = storage_path('statamic/tmp/nocache'));
+
+        ViewFactory::addNamespace('nocache__views', $nocacheViews);
 
         Region::preserveContextKeys(IncludeTag::VIEW_DATA_KEYS);
 
diff --git a/tests/Providers/ViewServiceProviderTest.php b/tests/Providers/ViewServiceProviderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2efe501a458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Providers/ViewServiceProviderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Providers;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Providers\ViewServiceProvider;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class ViewServiceProviderTest extends TestCase
+{
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_creates_the_nocache_view_directory()
+    {
+        app('files')->deleteDirectory($directory = storage_path('statamic/tmp/nocache'));
+
+        (new ViewServiceProvider($this->app))->boot();
+
+        $this->assertDirectoryExists($directory);
+    }
+}