diff --git a/imagrc.toml b/imagrc.toml
index f11659e1..82a2dae3 100644
--- a/imagrc.toml
+++ b/imagrc.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 [store]
 
+# Set to false if you do not want imag to create the directory where the store
+# lives implicitely
+implicit-create = false
+
 # Hooks which get executed right before the Store is closed.
 # They get the store path as StoreId passed, so they can alter the complete
 # store, so these hooks should be chosen carefully.
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs b/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs
index 33e2dd6f..ff94a1a3 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/configuration.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,32 @@ pub fn config_is_valid(config: &Option<Value>) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+/// Checks whether the store configuration has a key "implicit-create" which maps to a boolean
+/// value. If that key is present, the boolean is returned, otherwise false is returned.
+pub fn config_implicit_store_create_allowed(config: Option<&Value>) -> bool {
+    config.map(|t| {
+        match *t {
+            Value::Table(ref t) => {
+                match t.get("implicit-create") {
+                    Some(&Value::Boolean(b)) => b,
+                    Some(_) => {
+                        warn!("Key 'implicit-create' does not contain a Boolean value");
+                        false
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        warn!("Key 'implicit-create' in store configuration missing");
+                        false
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {
+                warn!("Store configuration seems to be no Table");
+                false
+            },
+        }
+    }).unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
 pub fn get_store_unload_aspect_names(value: &Option<Value>) -> Vec<String> {
     get_aspect_names_for_aspect_position("store-unload-hook-aspects", value)
 }
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/error.rs b/libimagstore/src/error.rs
index d9a7fd99..30a00ab4 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/error.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/error.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub struct CustomErrorData {}
 
 generate_custom_error_types!(StoreError, StoreErrorKind, CustomErrorData,
     ConfigurationError      => "Store Configuration Error",
+    CreateStoreDirDenied    => "Creating store directory implicitely denied",
     FileError               => "File Error",
     IoError                 => "IO Error",
     IdLocked                => "ID locked",
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/store.rs b/libimagstore/src/store.rs
index be05710e..8e63329f 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/store.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/store.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ impl Store {
 
         debug!("Building new Store object");
         if !location.exists() {
+            if !config_implicit_store_create_allowed(store_config.as_ref()) {
+                warn!("Implicitely creating store directory is denied");
+                warn!(" -> Either because configuration does not allow it");
+                warn!(" -> or because there is no configuration");
+                return Err(SEK::CreateStoreDirDenied.into_error())
+                    .map_err_into(SEK::FileError)
+                    .map_err_into(SEK::IoError);
+            }
+
             debug!("Creating store path");
             let c = create_dir_all(location.clone());
             if c.is_err() {
diff --git a/tests/utils.sh b/tests/utils.sh
index 6fc23ad8..e0153bdd 100644
--- a/tests/utils.sh
+++ b/tests/utils.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ imag-call-binary() {
     local binary=$1; shift
     [[ -d $searchdir ]] || { err "FATAL: No directory $searchdir"; exit 1; }
     local bin=$(find $searchdir -iname $binary -type f -executable)
-    local flags="--debug --rtp $RUNTIME"
+    local flags="--config ./imagrc.toml --override-config store.implicit-create=true --debug --rtp $RUNTIME"
     out "Calling '$bin $flags $*'"
     $bin $flags $*
 }