diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cb2b3c0a0f..e795141f7d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-08-13  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* malloc/memusage.c (me): Allow creating the output file.
+
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile: Remove -fkeep-inline-functions
 	flag for init-first.
 
diff --git a/malloc/memusage.c b/malloc/memusage.c
index b65440f807..d619fb96fb 100644
--- a/malloc/memusage.c
+++ b/malloc/memusage.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
    02111-1307 USA.  */
 
 #include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ me (void)
 
       outname = getenv ("MEMUSAGE_OUTPUT");
       if (outname != NULL && outname[0] != '\0'
-	  && access (outname, R_OK | W_OK) == 0)
+	  && (access (outname, R_OK | W_OK) == 0 || errno == ENOENT))
 	{
 	  fd = creat (outname, 0666);