Index: /trunk/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
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--- /trunk/src/pulsecore/core-util.c (revision 2019)
+++ /trunk/src/pulsecore/core-util.c (revision 2078)
@@ -1130,6 +1130,13 @@
         if ((e = getenv("PULSE_CONFIG_PATH")))
             fn = lfn = pa_sprintf_malloc("%s/%s", e, local);
-        else if (pa_get_home_dir(h, sizeof(h)))
+        else if (pa_get_home_dir(h, sizeof(h))) {
+            char *d;
+
+            d = pa_sprintf_malloc("%s/.pulse", h);
+            mkdir(d, 0755);
+            pa_xfree(d);
+
             fn = lfn = pa_sprintf_malloc("%s/.pulse/%s", h, local);
+        }
 
         if (lfn) {