diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/man.rst
index 617571bb..b0c23482 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/man.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
 verbose
     Whether to report backup verbosely
 
+create-destination
+    Create the directory specified in the destination parameter on the remote host
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
@@ -50,6 +52,13 @@ EXAMPLES
         --exclude '/proc/*' --exclude '/sys/*' \
         --verbose
 
+    __ccollect_source doc.ungleich.ch \
+        --source doc.ungleich.ch:/ \
+        --destination /backup/doc.ungleich.ch \
+        --exclude '/proc/*' --exclude '/sys/*' \
+        --verbose \ 
+        --create-destination
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/manifest
index 22326d7b..238c7e76 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/manifest
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ if [ -f "$__object/parameter/exclude" ]; then
     __file "$exclude_file" --source - --state "$state" \
         < "$__object/parameter/exclude"
 fi
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/create-destination" ]; then
+    __directory "${destination}" --parents --state ${state}
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/parameter/boolean b/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/parameter/boolean
index c00ee94a..434c644f 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/parameter/boolean
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__ccollect_source/parameter/boolean
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 verbose
+create-destination