diff -r 8f62001989cc configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Sat Feb 08 10:24:22 2014 -0800
+++ b/configure.ac	Wed Jul 02 12:34:40 2014 +0200
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@
                                 mutt_cv_mailpath=/usr/spool/mail
                         elif test -d /usr/mail; then
                                 mutt_cv_mailpath=/usr/mail
+                        elif test -d /tmp; then
+                               mutt_cv_mailpath=/tmp
                         fi])
                 ])
         if test "$mutt_cv_mailpath" = no; then