diff --git a/office/evince/evince-2.30.1-create_dotdir_on_startup.patch b/office/evince/evince-2.30.1-create_dotdir_on_startup.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fa743e460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/office/evince/evince-2.30.1-create_dotdir_on_startup.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nur evince-2.30.1.orig//shell/ev-window.c evince-2.30.1/shell/ev-window.c
+--- evince-2.30.1.orig//shell/ev-window.c	2010-04-26 09:58:15.000000000 -0500
++++ evince-2.30.1/shell/ev-window.c	2010-06-03 16:54:29.974562518 -0500
+@@ -6107,7 +6107,7 @@
+ 	GFile *file;
+ 	gchar *path;
+ 
+-	path = g_build_filename (ev_application_get_dot_dir (EV_APP, FALSE), "last_settings", NULL);
++	path = g_build_filename (ev_application_get_dot_dir (EV_APP, TRUE), "last_settings", NULL);
+ 	file = g_file_new_for_path (path);
+ 	g_free (path);
+ 
diff --git a/office/evince/evince.SlackBuild b/office/evince/evince.SlackBuild
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 89c88ad705..b07da5cc10
--- a/office/evince/evince.SlackBuild
+++ b/office/evince/evince.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=evince
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.30.1}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG=_SBo}
 
 # Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ if [ "$NLS" != "YES" ]; then
       -e 's/ENABLE_NLS 1/ENABLE_NLS 0/g' configure
 fi
 
+# Create the $HOME/.gnome2/evince/ directory before trying to write files there
+patch -p1 < $CWD/evince-2.30.1-create_dotdir_on_startup.patch
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \