diff --git a/mc-mkdir_mc_home.patch b/mc-mkdir_mc_home.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0be3e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mc-mkdir_mc_home.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- src/main.c	2009-10-10 22:21:47.000000000 +0200
++++ src/main.c	2009-10-11 12:05:35.000000000 +0200
+@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
+ #include "listmode.h"
+ #include "execute.h"
+ #include "ext.h"		/* For flush_extension_file() */
++#include "fileloc.h"
+ 
+ /* Listbox for the command history feature */
+ #include "widget.h"
+@@ -2129,8 +2130,10 @@
+ int
+ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ {
++    struct stat s;
+     /* Check whether we have UTF-8 locale */
+     char *lang = getenv("LANG");
++    char *mc_dir;
+     size_t len = 0;
+     
+     if ( lang )
+@@ -2201,6 +2204,15 @@
+ 
+     init_xterm_support ();
+ 
++    /* create home directory */
++    mc_dir = mhl_str_dir_plus_file (home_dir, MC_USERCONF_DIR);
++    canonicalize_pathname (mc_dir);
++    if ((stat (mc_dir, &s) != 0) && (errno == ENOENT) && mkdir (mc_dir, 0700) != 0)
++	message (D_ERROR, _("Warning"),
++    _("Cannot create %s directory"), mc_dir);
++    g_free (mc_dir);
++
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_SUBSHELL_SUPPORT
+ 
+     /* Done here to ensure that the subshell doesn't  */
diff --git a/mc.changes b/mc.changes
index ba324ed..1d9b5d0 100644
--- a/mc.changes
+++ b/mc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Oct 11 10:16:07 UTC 2009 - mseben@novell.com
+
+- added mc-mkdir_mc_home.patch - create .mc home dir at startup (bnc#533262)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 13 21:22:27 CEST 2009 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/mc.spec b/mc.spec
index 686424f..23c25dd 100644
--- a/mc.spec
+++ b/mc.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Group:          Productivity/File utilities
 PreReq:         permissions
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        4.6.2
-Release:        5
+Release:        6
 Summary:        Midnight Commander
 Source:         mc-4.6.2.tar.bz2
 Source1:        x11_browser
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Patch42:        mc-utf8-slang-codeset.patch
 Patch43:        mc-crash-bnc500516.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM mc-port-number-bnc483249.patch nadvornik@suse.cz - port number in shell link - midnight-commander.org/ticket/118
 Patch44:        mc-port-number-bnc483249.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM mc-mkdir_mc_home.patch mseben@suse.cz - create .mc home dir at startup (bnc#533262)
+Patch45:        mc-mkdir_mc_home.patch
 #
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Url:            http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ target directory.
 %patch42 -p1
 %patch43
 %patch44 -p1
+%patch45
 pushd po
 rename no nb no.*
 popd