diff --git a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/k8sutils.go b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/k8sutils.go
index 41b1dd28..c7db498d 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/k8sutils.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/k8sutils.go
@@ -164,11 +164,17 @@ func objectToRaw(object runtime.Object) runtime.RawExtension {
 
 // PrintList will take the data converted and decide on the commandline attributes given
 func PrintList(objects []runtime.Object, opt kobject.ConvertOptions) error {
-
 	var f *os.File
 	dirName := getDirName(opt)
 	log.Debugf("Target Dir: %s", dirName)
 
+	// Create a directory if "out" ends with "/" and does not exist.
+	if !transformer.Exists(opt.OutFile) && strings.HasSuffix(opt.OutFile, "/") {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(opt.OutFile, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create a directory")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Check if output file is a directory
 	isDirVal, err := isDir(opt.OutFile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ func PrintList(objects []runtime.Object, opt kobject.ConvertOptions) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "transformer.CreateOutFile failed")
 		}
+		log.Printf("Kubernetes file %q created", opt.OutFile)
 		defer f.Close()
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/transformer/utils.go b/pkg/transformer/utils.go
index 248db173..071fe536 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/utils.go
@@ -22,36 +22,43 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	dockerlib "github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient"
 	"github.com/kubernetes/kompose/pkg/kobject"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	"github.com/kubernetes/kompose/pkg/utils/docker"
-
 	"github.com/kubernetes/kompose/pkg/version"
-
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
 // Selector used as labels and selector
 const Selector = "io.kompose.service"
 
+// Exists returns true if a file path exists.
+// Otherwise, returns false.
+func Exists(p string) bool {
+	_, err := os.Stat(p)
+	return err == nil
+}
+
 // CreateOutFile creates the file to write to if --out is specified
 func CreateOutFile(out string) (*os.File, error) {
-	var f *os.File
-	var err error
-	if len(out) != 0 {
-		f, err = os.Create(out)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error creating file, os.Create failed")
+	if len(out) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	// Creates directories if "out" contains nonexistent directories.
+	if dir := filepath.Dir(out); !Exists(dir) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create directories")
 		}
 	}
+	f, err := os.Create(out)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create file, os.Create failed")
+	}
 	return f, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/script/test/cmd/tests.sh b/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
index ca4157f8..4d3143b6 100755
--- a/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
+++ b/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
@@ -530,20 +530,6 @@ cmd="kompose --provider openshift -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/service-
 sed -e "s;%VERSION%;$version;g" -e "s;%CMD%;$cmd;g"  $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/service-label/output-oc.json > /tmp/output-oc.json
 convert::expect_success "$cmd" "/tmp/output-oc.json"
 
-
-
-
-######
-# Test the output file behavior of kompose convert
-# Default behavior without -o
-convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -j" "redis-deployment.json" "redis-service.json" "web-deployment.json" "web-service.json"
-# Behavior with -o <filename>
-convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o output_file -j" "output_file"
-# Behavior with -o <dirname>
-convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $TEMP_DIR -j" "$TEMP_DIR/redis-deployment.json" "$TEMP_DIR/redis-service.json" "$TEMP_DIR/web-deployment.json" "$TEMP_DIR/web-service.json"
-# Behavior with -o <dirname>/<filename>
-convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $TEMP_DIR/output_file -j" "$TEMP_DIR/output_file"
-
 ######
 # Test charts generate with custom dir
 convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $TEMP_DIR -j -c" "$TEMP_DIR/Chart.yaml" "$TEMP_DIR/README.md" "$TEMP_DIR/templates/redis-deployment.json" "$TEMP_DIR/templates/redis-service.json" "$TEMP_DIR/templates/web-deployment.json" "$TEMP_DIR/templates/web-service.json"
diff --git a/script/test/cmd/tests_new.sh b/script/test/cmd/tests_new.sh
index 4a410b3a..a731901c 100755
--- a/script/test/cmd/tests_new.sh
+++ b/script/test/cmd/tests_new.sh
@@ -63,5 +63,18 @@ os_output="$KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/$DIR/output-os.json"
 convert::expect_success_and_warning "$k8s_cmd" "$k8s_output"
 convert::expect_success_and_warning "$os_cmd" "$os_output"
 
-
-
+######
+# Test the output file behavior of kompose convert
+# Default behavior without -o
+convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -j" "redis-deployment.json" "redis-service.json" "web-deployment.json" "web-service.json"
+# Behavior with -o <filename>
+convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o output_file -j" "output_file"
+# Behavior with -o <dirname>
+convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $TEMP_DIR -j" "$TEMP_DIR/redis-deployment.json" "$TEMP_DIR/redis-service.json" "$TEMP_DIR/web-deployment.json" "$TEMP_DIR/web-service.json"
+# Behavior with -o <dirname>/<filename>
+convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $TEMP_DIR/output_file -j" "$TEMP_DIR/output_file"
+# Behavior with -o <non-existent-dirname>/
+dst=$TEMP_DIR/output_dir/
+convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $dst -j" "${dst}redis-deployment.json" "${dst}redis-service.json" "${dst}web-deployment.json" "${dst}web-service.json"
+# Behavior with -o <non-existent-dirname>/<filename>
+convert::check_artifacts_generated "kompose -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/redis-example/docker-compose.yml convert -o $TEMP_DIR/output_dir2/output_file -j" "$TEMP_DIR/output_dir2/output_file"