--- 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  */