diff --git a/packages/cli-plugin-metro/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.ts b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.ts
index 101193f72..5e4544744 100644
--- a/packages/cli-plugin-metro/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-plugin-metro/src/commands/bundle/buildBundle.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@
  *
  */
 
+import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
+import type {Config} from '@react-native-community/cli-types';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import type {ConfigT} from 'metro-config';
 import Server from 'metro/src/Server';
 import outputBundle from 'metro/src/shared/output/bundle';
 import type {BundleOptions} from 'metro/src/shared/types';
-import type {ConfigT} from 'metro-config';
 import path from 'path';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
+import {default as loadMetroConfig} from '../../tools/loadMetroConfig';
 import {CommandLineArgs} from './bundleCommandLineArgs';
-import type {Config} from '@react-native-community/cli-types';
 import saveAssets from './saveAssets';
-import {default as loadMetroConfig} from '../../tools/loadMetroConfig';
-import {logger} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 
 interface RequestOptions {
   entryFile: string;
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ export async function buildBundleWithConfig(
   try {
     const bundle = await output.build(server, requestOpts);
 
+    // Ensure destination directory exists before saving the bundle
+    const mkdirOptions = {recursive: true, mode: 0o755} as const;
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(args.bundleOutput), mkdirOptions);
+
     await output.save(bundle, args, logger.info);
 
     // Save the assets of the bundle