diff --git a/src/browser.cpp b/src/browser.cpp
index bbc70959..b7f98acf 100644
--- a/src/browser.cpp
+++ b/src/browser.cpp
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void Browser::ChangeBrowseMode()
 	
 	Config.local_browser = !Config.local_browser;
 	ShowMessage("Browse mode: %s", Config.local_browser ? "Local filesystem" : "MPD music dir");
-	itsBrowsedDir = Config.local_browser ? home_folder : "/";
+	itsBrowsedDir = Config.local_browser ? home_path : "/";
 	w->Reset();
 	GetDirectory(itsBrowsedDir);
 	RedrawHeader = 1;
diff --git a/src/info.cpp b/src/info.cpp
index a9b3f0e6..072d4f12 100644
--- a/src/info.cpp
+++ b/src/info.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ using std::string;
 using std::vector;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CURL_CURL_H
-const std::string Info::Folder = home_folder + "/.ncmpcpp/artists";
+const std::string Info::Folder = home_path + HOME_FOLDER"artists";
 bool Info::ArtistReady = 0;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
diff --git a/src/lyrics.cpp b/src/lyrics.cpp
index 908563ed..8deced81 100644
--- a/src/lyrics.cpp
+++ b/src/lyrics.cpp
@@ -42,11 +42,17 @@
 #include "status.h"
 #include "tag_editor.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+# define LYRICS_FOLDER HOME_FOLDER"\\lyrics\\"
+#else
+# define LYRICS_FOLDER "/.lyrics"
+#endif // WIN32
+
 using namespace Global;
 using std::vector;
 using std::string;
 
-const std::string Lyrics::Folder = home_folder + "/.lyrics";
+const std::string Lyrics::Folder = home_path + LYRICS_FOLDER;
 
 bool Lyrics::Reload = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/ncmpcpp.h b/src/ncmpcpp.h
index e945acf8..3448f524 100644
--- a/src/ncmpcpp.h
+++ b/src/ncmpcpp.h
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "scrollpad.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+# define HOME_ENV "USERPROFILE"
+#else
+# define HOME_ENV "HOME"
+#endif // WIN32
+
 #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
 # include <pthread.h>
 #else
@@ -41,7 +47,9 @@ typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> string_pair;
 
 const int ncmpcpp_window_timeout = 250;
 
-const std::string home_folder = getenv("HOME") ? getenv("HOME") : "";
+const std::string home_path = getenv(HOME_ENV) ? getenv(HOME_ENV) : "";
+
+#undef HOME_ENV
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index fa9ff039..dcbe97c0 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ void ReadConfiguration(ncmpcpp_config &conf)
 				{
 					 // if ~ is used at the beginning, replace it with user's home folder
 					if (v[0] == '~')
-						v.replace(0, 1, home_folder);
+						v.replace(0, 1, home_path);
 					conf.mpd_music_dir = v + "/";
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index b2a49e28..c456be43 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@
 #include "libmpdclient.h"
 #include "ncmpcpp.h"
 
-const std::string config_dir = home_folder + "/.ncmpcpp/";
+#ifdef WIN32
+# define HOME_FOLDER "\\ncmpcpp\\"
+#else
+# define HOME_FOLDER "/.ncmpcpp/"
+#endif // WIN32
+
+const std::string config_dir = home_path + HOME_FOLDER;
 const int null_key = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
 
 struct ncmpcpp_keys