--- rkhunter.orig/files/rkhunter	2008-02-27 23:59:22.000000000 +0800
+++ rkhunter/files/rkhunter	2008-05-03 13:49:26.000000000 +0800
@@ -1246,8 +1246,12 @@
 	#
 
 	if [ ! -d "${RKHTMPDIR}" ]; then
-		echo "Temporary directory does not exist: ${RKHTMPDIR}"
-		exit 1
+		echo "Temporary directory does not exist: ${RKHTMPDIR}; Creating it."
+		mkdir -p "${RKHTMPDIR}"
+		if [ ! -d "${RKHTMPDIR}" ]; then
+			echo "Cannot create directory ${RKHTMPDIR}."
+			exit 1
+		fi
 	elif [ ! -w "${RKHTMPDIR}" ]; then
 		echo "Temporary directory is not writable: ${RKHTMPDIR}"
 		exit 1