fix
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5a6af1b..c1afe5b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* Add 'mount.fuse' written by Petr Klima
 
+	* '/dev/fuse' is created by 'make install' if does not yet exist
+
 2005-06-20  Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
 
 	* Fix UCLIBC compile error.  Patch by Christian Magnusson
diff --git a/util/Makefile.am b/util/Makefile.am
index 4b6f7d1..2ac6805 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.am
+++ b/util/Makefile.am
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
 install-exec-hook:
 	-chown root $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fusermount
 	-chmod u+s $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fusermount
+	@if test ! -e $(DESTDIR)/dev/fuse; then \
+		$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)/dev; \
+		echo "mknod $(DESTDIR)/dev/fuse -m 0666 c 10 229"; \
+		mknod $(DESTDIR)/dev/fuse -m 0666 c 10 229; \
+	fi
 
-EXTRA_DIST: mount.fuse
+EXTRA_DIST = mount.fuse
 
 install-exec-local:
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(srcdir)/mount.fuse $(DESTDIR)/sbin/mount.fuse