diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh
index cff8f200e2bc..62569734745c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/wrapper.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ export JAVA_HOME="${JAVA_HOME:-@jdk@}"
 if uname | grep Linux > /dev/null && 
        ! ( test -n "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ); then
     dbus_tmp_dir="/run/user/$(id -u)/libreoffice-dbus"
-    mkdir "$dbus_tmp_dir"
+    if ! test -d "$dbus_tmp_dir" && test -d "/run"; then
+            mkdir -p "$dbus_tmp_dir"
+    fi
+    if ! test -d "$dbus_tmp_dir"; then
+            dbus_tmp_dir="/tmp/libreoffice-$(id -u)/libreoffice-dbus"
+            mkdir -p "$dbus_tmp_dir"
+    fi
     dbus_socket_dir="$(mktemp -d -p "$dbus_tmp_dir")"
     "@dbus@"/bin/dbus-daemon --nopidfile --nofork --config-file "@dbus@"/share/dbus-1/session.conf --address "unix:path=$dbus_socket_dir/session"  &> /dev/null &
     export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=$dbus_socket_dir/session"