diff --git a/package/base/sysfiles/system.init b/package/base/sysfiles/system.init
index 489d4197d..cccd13b30 100644
--- a/package/base/sysfiles/system.init
+++ b/package/base/sysfiles/system.init
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ dnl
 	find /var/lock /var/run /tmp -mindepth 1 -print0 2> /dev/null | xargs --null rm -rf
 	rm -f /etc/nologin /nologin /fastboot ; touch /var/run/utmp
 	chmod 664 /var/run/utmp ; chown root:tty /var/run/utmp
+	mkdir /tmp/.ICE-unix
+	chmod 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix
 dnl
     block_split(`Writing /var/log/boot.msg.')
 	check(`dmesg > /var/log/boot.msg')