diff -Nru gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/changelog gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/changelog
--- gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/changelog	2008-08-17 22:54:53.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/changelog	2008-08-17 22:54:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+gnome-session (2.23.6-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/70_create-autostart-dir.patch
+    - create 'autostart' folder in user config dir when adding a
+      new session entry (lp: #258145)
+
+ -- Chris Coulson <chrisccoulson@googlemail.com>  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:22:12 +0100
+
 gnome-session (2.23.6-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/80_correct_gerror_use.patch:
diff -Nru gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/70_create-autostart-dir.patch gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/70_create-autostart-dir.patch
--- gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/70_create-autostart-dir.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/70_create-autostart-dir.patch	2008-08-17 22:54:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Description: Create 'autostart' folder in user config folder when adding new startup app
+# Upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=548129
+# Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/258145
+Index: gnome-session-2.23.6/capplet/commands.c
+===================================================================
+--- gnome-session-2.23.6.orig/capplet/commands.c	2008-08-04 19:51:19.000000000 +0100
++++ gnome-session-2.23.6/capplet/commands.c	2008-08-17 22:07:20.000000000 +0100
+@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
+         char    *data;
+         gsize    length;
+         gboolean res;
++        char    *dir;
+ 
+         g_return_val_if_fail (keyfile != NULL, FALSE);
+         g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, FALSE);
+@@ -161,9 +162,13 @@
+                 return FALSE;
+         }
+ 
++        dir = g_path_get_dirname (filename);
++        g_mkdir_with_parents (dir, S_IRWXU);
++
+         res = g_file_set_contents (filename, data, length, &write_error);
+ 
+         g_free (filename);
++        g_free (dir);
+ 
+         if (write_error) {
+                 g_propagate_error (error, write_error);
diff -Nru gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/series gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/series
--- gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/series	2008-08-17 22:54:53.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-session-2.23.6/debian/patches/series	2008-08-17 22:54:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 01_fix_session_xsmp.patch
 19_gnome-wm-tweaking.patch
+70_create-autostart-dir.patch
 80_correct_gerror_use.patch