--- lxde-common-0.99.0/startlxde.in~	2015-07-03 15:09:31.000000000 +0200
+++ lxde-common-0.99.0/startlxde.in	2016-01-06 15:55:31.832768795 +0100
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
 	done
 fi
 
+# Provide a solution for bug mga#17456
+if [ ! -d "$HOME/.local/share/applications" ]; then
+	mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/applications"
+fi
+
 # Clean up after GDM (GDM sets the number of desktops to one)
 xprop -root -remove _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS -remove _NET_DESKTOP_NAMES -remove _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP 2> /dev/null