diff -up Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c.faillock-create-tallydir Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c
--- Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c.faillock-create-tallydir	2024-01-08 11:32:02.122392119 +0100
+++ Linux-PAM-1.3.1/modules/pam_faillock/faillock.c	2024-01-08 11:33:10.916515943 +0100
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ open_tally (const char *dir, const char
 
 	if (create) {
 		flags |= O_CREAT;
+		if (access(dir, F_OK) != 0) {
+			mkdir(dir, 0755);
+		}
 	}
 
 	fd = open(path, flags, 0600);