diff -Nru network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/changelog network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/changelog
--- network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/changelog	2018-02-24 03:28:00.000000000 +0000
+++ network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/changelog	2019-01-31 11:32:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+network-manager-fortisslvpn (1.2.8-1ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/network-manager-fortisslvpn.install:
+    - create the /var/lib/NetworkManager-fortisslvpn directory,
+      without that the plugin fails to do anything (lp: #1791996)
+
+ -- Sebastien Bacher <seb128@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:28:42 +0100
+
 network-manager-fortisslvpn (1.2.8-1build1) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * No-change rebuild against latest ppp
diff -Nru network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/network-manager-fortisslvpn.install network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/network-manager-fortisslvpn.install
--- network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/network-manager-fortisslvpn.install	2018-01-05 10:19:13.000000000 +0000
+++ network-manager-fortisslvpn-1.2.8/debian/network-manager-fortisslvpn.install	2019-01-31 11:28:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-fortisslvpn-service
 usr/lib/*/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-fortisslvpn.so
 usr/share/locale/
+var/lib/NetworkManager-fortisslvpn/