diff --git a/coil-base/src/androidTest/java/coil/disk/DiskCacheAndroidTest.kt b/coil-base/src/androidTest/java/coil/disk/DiskCacheAndroidTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37cd288bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coil-base/src/androidTest/java/coil/disk/DiskCacheAndroidTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package coil.disk
+
+import android.content.Context
+import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
+import java.io.File
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class DiskCacheAndroidTest {
+
+    private lateinit var context: Context
+    private lateinit var directory: File
+
+    @Before
+    fun before() {
+        context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext()
+        directory = context.filesDir.resolve("test_dir")
+    }
+
+    @After
+    fun after() {
+        directory.delete() // Ensure we start fresh.
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun checkMaxSize() {
+        val minimumMaxSizeBytes = 100L
+        val maximumMaxSizeBytes = 200L
+        val maxSizePercent = 0.5
+
+        val diskCache = DiskCache.Builder().directory(directory)
+            .maxSizePercent(maxSizePercent)
+            .minimumMaxSizeBytes(minimumMaxSizeBytes)
+            .maximumMaxSizeBytes(maximumMaxSizeBytes)
+            .build()
+
+        assertEquals(maximumMaxSizeBytes, diskCache.maxSize)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/disk/DiskCache.kt b/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/disk/DiskCache.kt
index bf648bb528..74be4652dc 100644
--- a/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/disk/DiskCache.kt
+++ b/coil-base/src/main/java/coil/disk/DiskCache.kt
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ interface DiskCache {
             val directory = checkNotNull(directory) { "directory == null" }
             val maxSize = if (maxSizePercent > 0) {
                 try {
+                    if (directory.toFile().exists().not()) {
+                        directory.toFile().mkdir()
+                    }
+
                     val stats = StatFs(directory.toFile().absolutePath)
                     val size = maxSizePercent * stats.blockCountLong * stats.blockSizeLong
                     size.toLong().coerceIn(minimumMaxSizeBytes, maximumMaxSizeBytes)