diff --git a/dotpulse.patch b/dotpulse.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ac95cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotpulse.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff -up pulseaudio-0.9.12/src/pulsecore/core-util.c.dotpulse pulseaudio-0.9.12/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
+--- pulseaudio-0.9.12/src/pulsecore/core-util.c.dotpulse	2008-09-15 22:06:10.000000000 -0400
++++ pulseaudio-0.9.12/src/pulsecore/core-util.c	2008-09-15 22:08:39.000000000 -0400
+@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ static int make_random_dir_and_link(mode
+ char *pa_get_runtime_dir(void) {
+     char *d, *k = NULL, *p = NULL, *t = NULL, *mid;
+     struct stat st;
++    mode_t m;
+ 
+     /* The runtime directory shall contain dynamic data that needs NOT
+      * to be kept accross reboots and is usuallly private to the user,
+@@ -1378,10 +1379,9 @@ char *pa_get_runtime_dir(void) {
+      * this directory, we link it to a random subdir in /tmp, if it
+      * was not explicitly configured. */
+ 
+-    if ((d = getenv("PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH"))) {
+-        mode_t m;
++    m = pa_in_system_mode() ? 0755U : 0700U;
+ 
+-        m = pa_in_system_mode() ? 0755U : 0700U;
++    if ((d = getenv("PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH"))) {
+ 
+         if (pa_make_secure_dir(d, m, (uid_t) -1, (gid_t) -1) < 0)  {
+             pa_log_error("Failed to create secure directory: %s", pa_cstrerror(errno));
+@@ -1394,6 +1394,11 @@ char *pa_get_runtime_dir(void) {
+     if (!(d = get_pulse_home()))
+         goto fail;
+ 
++    if (pa_make_secure_dir(d, m, (uid_t) -1, (gid_t) -1) < 0)  { 
++        pa_log_error("Failed to create secure directory: %s", pa_cstrerror(errno)); 
++ 	goto fail; 
++    } 
++
+     if (!(mid = pa_machine_id())) {
+         pa_xfree(d);
+         goto fail;
diff --git a/pulseaudio.spec b/pulseaudio.spec
index 50c72e7..65d71fc 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.spec
+++ b/pulseaudio.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Name:		pulseaudio
 Summary: 	Improved Linux sound server
 Version:	0.9.12
-Release:	5%{?dist}
+Release:	6%{?dist}
 License:	GPLv2+
 Group:		System Environment/Daemons
 Source0:	http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/pulseaudio/pulseaudio-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BuildRequires: xmltoman
 # Libtool is dragging in rpaths.  Fedora's libtool should get rid of the
 # unneccessary ones.
 BuildRequires: libtool
-BuildRequires:	libXt-devel, xorg-x11-proto-devel
+BuildRequires: libXt-devel, xorg-x11-proto-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
 BuildRequires: gdbm-devel speex-devel libasyncns-devel
 BuildRequires: intltool
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Obsoletes:	pulseaudio-devel
 #Patch9:	pulseaudio-0.9.8-cputime-abort.patch
 #Patch10: 	wrong-assert.patch
 #Patch11:        pa-ck-api-change.patch
+# from upstream, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462407
+Patch12:	dotpulse.patch
 
 %description
 PulseAudio is a sound server for Linux and other Unix like operating 
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ This package contains command line utilities for the PulseAudio sound server.
 #%patch9 -p1 -b .cputime-abort
 #%patch10 -p1 -b .wrong-assert
 #%patch11 -p1 -b .api-change
+%patch12 -p1 -b .dotpulse
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-ltdl-install --disable-static --disable-rpath --with-system-user=pulse --with-system-group=pulse --with-realtime-group=pulse-rt --with-access-group=pulse-access
@@ -406,6 +409,9 @@ groupadd -r pulse-access &>/dev/null || :
 %{_mandir}/man1/pax11publish.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 15 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> 0.9.12-6
+- Survive a missing ~/.pulse (#462407)
+
 * Thu Sep 11 2008 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera@redhat.com> 0.9.12-5
 - Rebuild