diff -urNp -x '*.orig' util-linux-2.36.2.org/login-utils/login.c util-linux-2.36.2/login-utils/login.c
--- util-linux-2.36.2.org/login-utils/login.c	2021-02-12 12:32:01.748988728 +0100
+++ util-linux-2.36.2/login-utils/login.c	2021-02-28 14:21:48.563576067 +0100
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void log_lastlog(struct login_con
 	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
 	sigaction(SIGXFSZ, &sa, &oldsa_xfsz);
 
-	fd = open(_PATH_LASTLOG, O_RDWR, 0);
+	fd = open(_PATH_LASTLOG, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		goto done;
 	offset = cxt->pwd->pw_uid * sizeof(ll);