--- lynx2-8-6/src/LYMain.c	2008-07-07 03:01:11.000000000 +0200
+++ lynx2-8-6/src/LYMain.c.pix	2008-07-07 03:01:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@
     struct stat dir_info;
     char filename[LY_MAXPATH];
     BOOL LYGetStdinArgs = FALSE;
-
+    struct stat st;
 #ifdef _WINDOWS
     WSADATA WSAData;
 #endif /* _WINDOWS */
@@ -1206,7 +1206,22 @@
     if (access(lynx_temp_space, 0) != 0)
 #endif
 	tildeExpand(&lynx_temp_space, TRUE);
+ 
+
+    if (stat(lynx_temp_space, &st) < 0) {
+	    if (errno = ENOENT) {
+		    printf("Creating dir %s\n", lynx_temp_space);
+		    mkdir(lynx_temp_space, 0700);
+	    }
+    }
 
+    if (stat(lynx_temp_space, &st) < 0) {
+	    if (errno = ENOENT) {
+		    printf("Can't create %s, let's try /tmp/\n", lynx_temp_space);
+		    lynx_temp_space = "/tmp/";
+	    }
+    }
+    
     if ((cp = strstr(lynx_temp_space, "$USER")) != NULL) {
 	char *cp1;