diff --git a/docs/Configuration.md b/docs/Configuration.md
index bac3b52fd..fa53aa9af 100644
--- a/docs/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Configuration.md
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ username = "alice"
 password = "secret12"
 # Mutually exclusive with username & password. Bearer token value
 token = "token123"
+# Skip PROPFIND/MKCOL calls before writes, for servers that don't support them
+disable_create_dir = false
 
 [cache.oss]
 bucket = "name"
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@ When using Entra ID, credentials are read from the ambient `AZURE_*` environment
 * `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_PASSWORD` a password to authenticate with webdav service (optional).
 * `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_TOKEN` a token to authenticate with webdav service (optional) - may be used instead of login & password.
 * `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_RW_MODE` allows to use webdav backend in read-only mode if set to `READ_ONLY`
+* `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_DISABLE_CREATE_DIR` skip PROPFIND/MKCOL calls before writes, for servers that don't support them (optional).
 
 #### OSS
 
diff --git a/docs/Webdav.md b/docs/Webdav.md
index ccfca5931..bb00349a6 100644
--- a/docs/Webdav.md
+++ b/docs/Webdav.md
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ Sccache is able to load credentials from the following sources:
 
 - Set `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_USERNAME`/`SCCACHE_WEBDAV_PASSWORD` to specify the username/password pair for basic authentication.
 - Set `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_TOKEN` to specify the token value for bearer token authentication.
+
+## Disable Create Dir
+
+Some WebDAV servers don't support the `PROPFIND`/`MKCOL` methods that opendal's WebDAV
+backend otherwise issues before every write to ensure the parent directory exists. Sonatype
+Nexus raw repositories are one example: they only implement `GET`/`HEAD`/`PUT`/`DELETE` and
+reject `MKCOL` with `405 Method Not Allowed`, which makes every cache write fail.
+
+Set `SCCACHE_WEBDAV_DISABLE_CREATE_DIR=true` to skip these calls during writes.
diff --git a/src/cache/cache.rs b/src/cache/cache.rs
index c11dddfc1..5590d1e52 100644
--- a/src/cache/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache/cache.rs
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ pub fn build_single_cache(
                 c.username.as_deref(),
                 c.password.as_deref(),
                 c.token.as_deref(),
+                c.disable_create_dir,
             )
             .map_err(|err| anyhow!("create webdav cache failed: {err:?}"))?;
 
diff --git a/src/cache/webdav.rs b/src/cache/webdav.rs
index acf22cb0c..c4beaad2a 100644
--- a/src/cache/webdav.rs
+++ b/src/cache/webdav.rs
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@ impl WebdavCache {
         username: Option<&str>,
         password: Option<&str>,
         token: Option<&str>,
+        disable_create_dir: bool,
     ) -> Result<Operator> {
         let builder = Webdav::default()
             .endpoint(endpoint)
             .root(key_prefix)
             .username(username.unwrap_or_default())
             .password(password.unwrap_or_default())
-            .token(token.unwrap_or_default());
+            .token(token.unwrap_or_default())
+            .disable_create_dir(disable_create_dir);
 
         let op = Operator::new(builder)?
             .with_context(OperationContext::new().with_http_transport(set_user_agent()))
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 00f3e8c92..56776bbb3 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -460,6 +460,10 @@ pub struct WebdavCacheConfig {
     pub token: Option<String>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub rw_mode: CacheModeConfig,
+    /// Skip PROPFIND/MKCOL calls before writes, for servers (e.g. Nexus raw
+    /// repositories) that only implement GET/HEAD/PUT/DELETE.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub disable_create_dir: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -1136,6 +1140,8 @@ fn config_from_env() -> Result<EnvConfig> {
         let token = string_from_env_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_TOKEN");
         let rw_mode =
             cache_mode_from_env_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_RW_MODE").unwrap_or(CacheModeConfig::ReadWrite);
+        let disable_create_dir =
+            bool_from_env_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_DISABLE_CREATE_DIR")?.unwrap_or(false);
 
         Some(WebdavCacheConfig {
             endpoint,
@@ -1144,6 +1150,7 @@ fn config_from_env() -> Result<EnvConfig> {
             password,
             token,
             rw_mode,
+            disable_create_dir,
         })
     } else {
         None
@@ -2490,6 +2497,59 @@ fn test_s3_sse_kms_from_env() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[serial(config_from_env)]
+#[cfg(feature = "webdav")]
+fn test_webdav_disable_create_dir_from_env() {
+    unsafe {
+        env::set_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_ENDPOINT", "https://example.com/webdav");
+        env::set_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_DISABLE_CREATE_DIR", "true");
+    }
+
+    let cfg = config_from_env();
+
+    unsafe {
+        env::remove_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_ENDPOINT");
+        env::remove_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_DISABLE_CREATE_DIR");
+    }
+
+    let env_cfg = cfg.unwrap();
+    match env_cfg.cache.webdav {
+        Some(WebdavCacheConfig {
+            disable_create_dir, ..
+        }) => {
+            assert!(disable_create_dir);
+        }
+        None => unreachable!(),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[serial(config_from_env)]
+#[cfg(feature = "webdav")]
+fn test_webdav_disable_create_dir_defaults_to_false() {
+    unsafe {
+        env::set_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_ENDPOINT", "https://example.com/webdav");
+        env::remove_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_DISABLE_CREATE_DIR");
+    }
+
+    let cfg = config_from_env();
+
+    unsafe {
+        env::remove_var("SCCACHE_WEBDAV_ENDPOINT");
+    }
+
+    let env_cfg = cfg.unwrap();
+    match env_cfg.cache.webdav {
+        Some(WebdavCacheConfig {
+            disable_create_dir, ..
+        }) => {
+            assert!(!disable_create_dir);
+        }
+        None => unreachable!(),
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[serial(config_from_env)]
 #[cfg(feature = "azure")]
@@ -2848,6 +2908,7 @@ key_prefix = "webdavprefix"
 username = "webdavusername"
 password = "webdavpassword"
 token = "webdavtoken"
+disable_create_dir = true
 
 [cache.oss]
 bucket = "name"
@@ -2934,6 +2995,7 @@ key_prefix = "cosprefix"
                     password: Some("webdavpassword".to_string()),
                     token: Some("webdavtoken".to_string()),
                     rw_mode: CacheModeConfig::ReadWrite,
+                    disable_create_dir: true,
                 }),
                 oss: Some(OSSCacheConfig {
                     bucket: "name".to_owned(),