Index: libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
===================================================================
--- libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
+++ libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@
 {
 	local _emul_path _tmpdir
 
+	_emul_path="/compat/linux"
 	load_kld -e 'linux(aout|elf)' linux
 	case `sysctl -n hw.machine_arch` in
 	amd64)
 		load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64
 		;;
 	esac
-	if [ -x /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfigDisabled ]; then
+	if [ -x "${_emul_path}/sbin/ldconfigDisabled" ]; then
 		_tmpdir=`mktemp -d -t linux-ldconfig`
-		/compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -C ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache
-		if ! cmp -s ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache; then
-			cat ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache > /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache
+		${_emul_path}/sbin/ldconfig -C ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache
+		if ! cmp -s ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache "${_emul_path}/etc/ld.so.cache"; then
+			cat ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache > "${_emul_path}/etc/ld.so.cache"
 		fi
 		rm -rf ${_tmpdir}
 	fi
@@ -46,8 +47,15 @@
 		sysctl kern.elf32.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null
 	fi
 
+	if checkyesno linux_mounts_createdirs; then
+		install -d -m 0755 "${_emul_path}/proc" \
+			"${_emul_path}/sys" \
+			"${_emul_path}/dev" \
+			"${_emul_path}/dev/fd" \
+			"${_emul_path}/dev/shm"
+	fi
+
 	if checkyesno linux_mounts_enable; then 
-		_emul_path="/compat/linux"
 		mount -o nocover -t linprocfs linprocfs "${_emul_path}/proc"
 		mount -o nocover -t linsysfs linsysfs "${_emul_path}/sys"
 		mount -o nocover -t devfs devfs "${_emul_path}/dev"
Index: share/man/man4/linux.4
===================================================================
--- share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 5, 2020
+.Dd August 30, 2020
 .Dt LINUX 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
 line:
 .Pp
 .Dl linux_mounts_enable="NO"
+.Pp
+To create directories required for Linux-specific filesystems in case they do
+not already exist, also add the following line:
+.Pp
+.Dl linux_mounts_createdirs="YES"
 .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
 The following variables are available as both
 .Xr sysctl 8
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@
 .Va SIGINFO
 work for Linux executables.
 Defaults to 0.
+.El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /compat/linux/dev/shm -compact
 .It Pa /compat/linux