diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/xdg b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
index 8738649..4d645e1 100644
--- a/sh/.config/sh/xdg
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ export LESSHISTFILE="XDG_STATE_HOME/lesshst"
 export MPLAYER_HOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mplayer"
 export NODE_REPL_HISTORY="$XDG_STATE_HOME/node_repl_history"
 export NVM_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/nvm"
+if [ ! -e "$PYTHONSTARTUP" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/python"
+    touch "$PYTHONSTARTUP"
+fi
 export PYTHONSTARTUP="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/python/pythonrc"
 export SQLITE_HISTORY="$XDG_STATE_HOME/sqlite_history"
 export TEXMFVAR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/texlive/texmf-var"