diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-suns-boil.md b/.changeset/khaki-suns-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5e25dfa6e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-suns-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix d1 directory not being created when running the `wrangler d1 execute` command with the `--yes`/`-y` flag
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/d1/execute.tsx b/packages/wrangler/src/d1/execute.tsx
index 37d3e8bda019..18aac181283e 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/d1/execute.tsx
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/d1/execute.tsx
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ async function executeLocally(
 			logger.log
 		);
 
-	if (!existsSync(dbDir) && shouldPrompt) {
-		const ok = await confirm(
-			`About to create ${readableRelative(dbPath)}, ok?`
-		);
+	if (!existsSync(dbDir)) {
+		const ok =
+			!shouldPrompt ||
+			(await confirm(`About to create ${readableRelative(dbPath)}, ok?`));
 		if (!ok) return null;
 		await mkdir(dbDir, { recursive: true });
 	}