diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 2.3.2.1
+---------------
+
+Create missing directories when writing golden files
+
 Version 2.3.2
 -------------
 
diff --git a/Test/Tasty/Golden.hs b/Test/Tasty/Golden.hs
--- a/Test/Tasty/Golden.hs
+++ b/Test/Tasty/Golden.hs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 as binary does the job.
 -}
 
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 module Test.Tasty.Golden
   ( goldenVsFile
   , goldenVsString
@@ -68,11 +69,11 @@
 import System.Directory
 import Control.Exception
 import Control.Monad
-import Control.Applicative
 import Control.DeepSeq
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 
--- | Compare a given file contents against the golden file contents
+-- | Compare the output file's contents against the golden file's contents
+-- after the given action has created the output file.
 goldenVsFile
   :: TestName -- ^ test name
   -> FilePath -- ^ path to the «golden» file (the file that contains correct output)
@@ -88,9 +89,9 @@
     upd
   where
   cmp = simpleCmp $ printf "Files '%s' and '%s' differ" ref new
-  upd = BS.writeFile ref
+  upd = createDirectoriesAndWriteFile ref
 
--- | Compare a given string against the golden file contents
+-- | Compare a given string against the golden file's contents.
 goldenVsString
   :: TestName -- ^ test name
   -> FilePath -- ^ path to the «golden» file (the file that contains correct output)
@@ -100,15 +101,22 @@
   goldenTest
     name
     (BS.readFile ref)
-    (LBS.toStrict <$> act)
+    (toStrict <$> act)
     cmp
     upd
   where
   cmp x y = simpleCmp msg x y
     where
     msg = printf "Test output was different from '%s'. It was: %s" ref (show y)
-  upd = BS.writeFile ref
+  upd = createDirectoriesAndWriteFile ref
 
+toStrict :: LBS.ByteString -> BS.ByteString
+#if MIN_VERSION_bytestring(0,10,0)
+toStrict = LBS.toStrict
+#else
+toStrict = BS.concat . LBS.toChunks
+#endif
+
 simpleCmp :: Eq a => String -> a -> a -> IO (Maybe String)
 simpleCmp e x y =
   return $ if x == y then Nothing else Just e
@@ -148,7 +156,7 @@
       ExitSuccess -> Nothing
       _ -> Just out
 
-  upd _ = BS.readFile new >>= BS.writeFile ref
+  upd _ = BS.readFile new >>= createDirectoriesAndWriteFile ref
 
 -- | Same as 'goldenVsString', but invokes an external diff command.
 goldenVsStringDiff
@@ -167,7 +175,7 @@
   goldenTest
     name
     (BS.readFile ref)
-    (LBS.toStrict <$> act)
+    (toStrict <$> act)
     cmp
     upd
   where
@@ -193,7 +201,7 @@
 
   upd = BS.writeFile ref
 
--- | Like 'writeFile', but uses binary mode
+-- | Like 'writeFile', but uses binary mode.
 writeBinaryFile :: FilePath -> String -> IO ()
 writeBinaryFile f txt = withBinaryFile f WriteMode (\hdl -> hPutStr hdl txt)
 
@@ -237,3 +245,16 @@
             if takeExtension path `Set.member` exts
               then [path]
               else []
+
+-- | Like 'BS.writeFile', but also create parent directories if they are
+-- missing.
+createDirectoriesAndWriteFile
+  :: FilePath
+  -> BS.ByteString
+  -> IO ()
+createDirectoriesAndWriteFile path bs = do
+  let dir = takeDirectory path
+  createDirectoryIfMissing
+    True -- create parents too
+    dir
+  BS.writeFile path bs
diff --git a/Test/Tasty/Golden/Internal.hs b/Test/Tasty/Golden/Internal.hs
--- a/Test/Tasty/Golden/Internal.hs
+++ b/Test/Tasty/Golden/Internal.hs
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 import Control.DeepSeq
 import Control.Exception
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
-import Options.Applicative
-import Data.Monoid
-import Data.Tagged
 import Data.Proxy
 import System.IO.Error (isDoesNotExistError)
 import Test.Tasty.Providers
diff --git a/tasty-golden.cabal b/tasty-golden.cabal
--- a/tasty-golden.cabal
+++ b/tasty-golden.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                tasty-golden
-version:             2.3.2
+version:             2.3.2.1
 synopsis:            Golden tests support for tasty
 description:
   This package provides support for «golden testing».
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.14
 extra-source-files:  CHANGELOG.md
+Tested-With:
+  GHC ==8.0.2 ||
+      ==8.2.2 ||
+      ==8.4.4 ||
+      ==8.6.5 ||
+      ==8.8.2
 
 Source-repository head
   type:     git
@@ -41,7 +47,7 @@
   build-depends:
     base ==4.*,
     tasty >= 1.0.1,
-    bytestring >= 0.10,
+    bytestring >= 0.9.2.1,
     process,
     mtl,
     optparse-applicative,