diff --git a/0001-crontab-Fix-backup-failure-when-cache-directory-mis.patch b/0001-crontab-Fix-backup-failure-when-cache-directory-mis.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793b9d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-crontab-Fix-backup-failure-when-cache-directory-mis.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 8ad9e9179ec806ec1031c94b218ae6ef9dc11c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Ond=C5=99ej=20Poho=C5=99elsk=C3=BD?= <opohorel@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 11:58:41 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] crontab: Fix backup failure when ~/.cache directory missing
+
+Create ~/.cache parent directory before creating ~/.cache/crontab backup
+directory to prevent "mkdir: No such file or directory" errors when users
+edit crontabs and their cache directory doesn't exist.
+---
+ src/crontab.c | 13 +++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/crontab.c b/src/crontab.c
+index c11dc81..f6fae67 100644
+--- a/src/crontab.c
++++ b/src/crontab.c
+@@ -578,7 +578,20 @@ static int backup_crontab(const char *crontab_path) {
+ 		exit(ERROR_EXIT);
+ 	}
+ 
++	/* Try to create parent directory if needed */
+ 	if (stat(backup_dir, &sb) < OK && errno == ENOENT) {
++		char *last_slash = strrchr(backup_dir, '/');
++		if (last_slash && last_slash != backup_dir) {
++			char parent_dir[MAX_FNAME];
++			size_t parent_len = last_slash - backup_dir;
++			
++			if (parent_len < sizeof(parent_dir)) {
++				strncpy(parent_dir, backup_dir, parent_len);
++				parent_dir[parent_len] = '\0';
++				mkdir(parent_dir, 0755);
++			}
++		}
++
+ 		if (OK != mkdir(backup_dir, 0755)) {
+ 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", backup_dir);
+ 			perror("mkdir");
+-- 
+2.50.1
+
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 13af359..f417e57 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Patch:     re-introduce-the-test-for-existence-of-file.patch
 Patch:     fix-range-parsing.patch
 Patch:     move_parsing_code.patch
 
+# https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie/pull/206
+Patch:     0001-crontab-Fix-backup-failure-when-cache-directory-mis.patch
+
 Requires:  dailyjobs
 
 %if %{with selinux}