2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/helix-core/Cargo.toml b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
index d95c0f47..4b1566d7 100644
--- a/helix-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ once_cell = "1.4"
 regex = "1"
 
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+
+xdg = "2.0"
diff --git a/helix-core/src/lib.rs b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
index b3ce3c47..dda9863b 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ pub(crate) fn find_first_non_whitespace_char(text: RopeSlice, line_num: usize) -
     None
 }
 
+pub fn config_dir() -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    // TODO: allow env var override
+    let xdg_dirs =
+        xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("helix").expect("Unable to find XDG directories!");
+    xdg_dirs.get_config_home()
+}
+
 pub use ropey::{Rope, RopeSlice};
 
 pub use tendril::StrTendril as Tendril;