diff --git a/src/config/home.c b/src/config/home.c
index 1a6831fe..2af61a63 100644
--- a/src/config/home.c
+++ b/src/config/home.c
@@ -111,8 +111,14 @@ get_home(void)
 {
 	unsigned char *home_elinks;
 	unsigned char *envhome = getenv("HOME");
-	unsigned char *home = envhome ? stracpy(envhome)
-				      : elinks_dirname(program.path);
+	unsigned char *home = NULL;
+
+	if (!home && envhome)
+		home = stracpy(envhome);
+	if (!home)
+		home = user_appdata_directory();
+	if (!home)
+		home = elinks_dirname(program.path);
 
 	if (home)
 		strip_trailing_dir_sep(home);
diff --git a/src/osdep/osdep.h b/src/osdep/osdep.h
index 36bc0bfc..721916fd 100644
--- a/src/osdep/osdep.h
+++ b/src/osdep/osdep.h
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@ unsigned char *get_shell(void);
  * available at all. Face it, we are just cool. */
 void elinks_cfmakeraw(struct termios *t);
 
+#ifndef user_appdata_directory
+#define user_appdata_directory() NULL
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/osdep/win32/win32.c b/src/osdep/win32/win32.c
index 15d2aa4c..66b21288 100644
--- a/src/osdep/win32/win32.c
+++ b/src/osdep/win32/win32.c
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+/* Get SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT from <shlobj.h>.  */
+#define _WIN32_IE 0x500
+
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
 
 #include "osdep/system.h"
 
@@ -258,3 +262,21 @@ gettext__parse(void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+
+unsigned char *
+user_appdata_directory(void)
+{
+#if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500
+	HWND hwnd = GetConsoleWindow();
+#else
+	HWND hwnd = NULL;
+#endif
+	char path[MAX_PATH];
+	HRESULT hr;
+
+	hr = SHGetFolderPath(hwnd, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, path);
+	if (hr == S_OK) /* Don't even allow S_FALSE.  */
+		return stracpy(path);
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/src/osdep/win32/win32.h b/src/osdep/win32/win32.h
index 2e09bc5f..a2f30101 100644
--- a/src/osdep/win32/win32.h
+++ b/src/osdep/win32/win32.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ struct terminal;
 
 void open_in_new_win32(struct terminal *term, unsigned char *exe_name,
 		       unsigned char *param);
+unsigned char *user_appdata_directory(void);
+#define user_appdata_directory user_appdata_directory
 
 
 /* Stub functions: */