diff -up pulseaudio-1.1/src/pulsecore/core-util.c.foo pulseaudio-1.1/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
--- pulseaudio-1.1/src/pulsecore/core-util.c.foo	2011-10-20 08:54:16.000000000 -0400
+++ pulseaudio-1.1/src/pulsecore/core-util.c	2012-04-11 17:58:38.811825384 -0400
@@ -1576,6 +1576,17 @@ char *pa_get_runtime_dir(void) {
      * was not explicitly configured. */
 
     m = pa_in_system_mode() ? 0755U : 0700U;
+    
+    if ((d = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"))) {
+        k = pa_sprintf_malloc("%s" PA_PATH_SEP "pulse", d);
+        if (mkdir(k, m) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+            pa_log_error("Failed to create secure directory: %s", pa_cstrerror(errno));
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        chmod(k, m);
+
+        return k;
+    }
 
     if ((d = getenv("PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH"))) {