diff --git a/src/newmail.c b/src/newmail.c
index aeb863f..92f5252 100644
--- claws-mail-extra-plugins-3.9.0.orig/newmail-0.0.16/src/newmail.c
+++ claws-mail-extra-plugins-3.9.0/newmail-0.0.16/src/newmail.c
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ gint plugin_init (gchar **error)
 	if (!LogName) {
 	    auto size_t l;
 	    auto char   name[260];
+	    auto char   maildir[260];
+	    char *d;
 	    (void)snprintf (name, 256, "%s/Mail/NewLog", getenv ("HOME"));
 	    l = strlen (name);
 	    if (l > 255 || !(LogName = (char *)malloc (l + 1))) {
@@ -119,6 +121,18 @@ gint plugin_init (gchar **error)
 		return (-1);
 		}
 	    (void)strcpy (LogName, name);
+
+	    (void)snprintf (maildir, 256, "%s/Mail/", getenv ("HOME"));
+	    l = strlen (maildir);
+	    if (l > 255 || !(d = (char *)malloc (l + 1))) {
+	      *error = g_strdup (_("Cannot load plugin NewMail\n"
+				   "$HOME is too long\n"));
+	      plugin_done ();
+	      return (-1);
+	    }
+	    (void)strcpy (d, maildir);
+	    g_mkdir_with_parents (d, 0750);
+
 	    }
 	if (!(NewLog = fopen (LogName, mode))) {
 	    *error = g_strdup (sys_errlist[errno]);