diff --git a/xorg-x11-xtrans-devel.spec b/xorg-x11-xtrans-devel.spec
index 29fa693..3ef0da2 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-xtrans-devel.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-xtrans-devel.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ X.Org X11 developmental X transport library
 %prep
 %setup -q -n xtrans-%{version}
 %patch1 -p1 -b .my-name-is-unix
+%patch2 -p1 -b .abstract-doesn't-need-mkdir
 
 %build
 
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/xtrans.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 06 2008 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 1.1-2
+- xtrans-1.1-abstract.patch: Don't worry about making /tmp/.X11-unix
+  (or failure to do so) if you're using an abstract socket (#445303)
+
 * Wed Mar 05 2008 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 1.1-1
 - xtrans 1.1
 
diff --git a/xtrans-1.1-abstract.patch b/xtrans-1.1-abstract.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df898d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtrans-1.1-abstract.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up xtrans-1.1/Xtranssock.c.foo xtrans-1.1/Xtranssock.c
+--- xtrans-1.1/Xtranssock.c.foo	2008-05-06 13:48:07.000000000 -0400
++++ xtrans-1.1/Xtranssock.c	2008-05-06 13:47:51.000000000 -0400
+@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ TRANS(SocketUNIXCreateListener) (XtransC
+ #else
+     mode = 0777;
+ #endif
+-    if (trans_mkdir(UNIX_DIR, mode) == -1) {
++    if (!abstract && trans_mkdir(UNIX_DIR, mode) == -1) {
+ 	PRMSG (1, "SocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(%s) failed, errno = %d\n",
+ 	       UNIX_DIR, errno, 0);
+ 	(void) umask (oldUmask);