diff --git a/STABLE/changelog.txt b/STABLE/changelog.txt
index d7939c080..be8feb608 100644
--- a/STABLE/changelog.txt
+++ b/STABLE/changelog.txt
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ Changes since 1.4.9
 19) Fix local exploit vulnerability.
 
 20) Hack security fix so that it works under Slackware.
+
+21) Fix mktempfile() where there is no mktemp utility.
diff --git a/STABLE/functions b/STABLE/functions
index eb0e232d2..dd9725275 100644
--- a/STABLE/functions
+++ b/STABLE/functions
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ mktempfile() {
 		mktemp -p $1 shorewall.XXXXXX
 		;;
 	    None)
-		mkdir $1/shorewall-$$ && echo $1/shorewall-$$
+		> $1/shorewall-$$ && echo $1/shorewall-$$
 		;;
 	    *)
 		echo "   ERROR:Internal error in mktempfile"
diff --git a/STABLE/releasenotes.txt b/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
index 64fabfa1e..3b12691d3 100644
--- a/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ Problems Corrected since version 1.4.9:
 14. An exploitable vulnerability that allows local non-root users to 
     cause arbitrary files to be overwritten has been eliminated.
 
-15) The security vulnerability fix failed under Slackware 9.1. 
+15) The security vulnerability fix failed under Slackware 9.1.
+
+16) The security vulnerability fix failed if mktemp was not installed.
 
 Migration Issues:
 
diff --git a/STABLE2/changelog.txt b/STABLE2/changelog.txt
index d7e984a78..fabd0faa6 100644
--- a/STABLE2/changelog.txt
+++ b/STABLE2/changelog.txt
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ Changes since 2.0.2
 18) Fix security vulnerability involving temporary files/directories.
 
 19) Hack security fix so that it works under Slackware.
+
+20) Fix mktempfile() where there is no mktemp utility.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/STABLE2/functions b/STABLE2/functions
index 55a971171..e3bbb5023 100755
--- a/STABLE2/functions
+++ b/STABLE2/functions
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ mktempfile() {
 		mktemp -p $1 shorewall.XXXXXX
 		;;
 	    None)
-		mkdir $1/shorewall-$$ && echo $1/shorewall-$$
+		> $1/shorewall-$$ && echo $1/shorewall-$$
 		;;
 	    *)
 		echo "   ERROR:Internal error in mktempfile"
diff --git a/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt b/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt
index 78ff239bd..041e498d0 100644
--- a/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Problems Corrected since 2.0.3
 
 3) The security vulnerability fix failed under Slackware 9.1. 
 
+4) The security vulnerability fix failed if mktemp was not installed.
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Issues when migrating from Shorewall 2.0.2 to Shorewall 2.0.3: