diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1b5d1a31..a0ac0b99 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ INCLUDES= $(all_includes)
 # the library search path.
 ncmpcpp_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries)
 noinst_HEADERS = browser.h charset.h clock.h display.h global.h help.h \
-	helpers.h info.h lyrics.h media_library.h menu.h mpdpp.h playlist_editor.h \
+	helpers.h home.h info.h lyrics.h media_library.h menu.h mpdpp.h playlist_editor.h \
 	screen.h scrollpad.h search_engine.h settings.h song.h tag_editor.h window.h
diff --git a/src/home.h b/src/home.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef10462c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/home.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008-2009 by Andrzej Rybczak                            *
+ *   electricityispower@gmail.com                                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.              *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _HOME_H
+#define _HOME_H
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <string>
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+# define _WIN32_IE 0x0400
+# include <shlobj.h>
+
+inline std::string _GetHomeFolder()
+{
+	char path[300];
+	return SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, CSIDL_PERSONAL, 0) ? path : "";
+}
+
+# define GET_HOME_FOLDER _GetHomeFolder()
+#else
+# define GET_HOME_FOLDER getenv("HOME") ? getenv("HOME") : "";
+#endif // WIN32
+
+const std::string home_path = GET_HOME_FOLDER;
+
+#undef GET_HOME_FOLDER
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/ncmpcpp.h b/src/ncmpcpp.h
index 671d5d2d..dca899fc 100644
--- a/src/ncmpcpp.h
+++ b/src/ncmpcpp.h
@@ -21,18 +21,10 @@
 #ifndef _NCMPCPP_H
 #define _NCMPCPP_H
 
-#include <cstdlib>
-
 #include "window.h"
 #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
@@ -47,9 +39,5 @@ typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> string_pair;
 
 const int ncmpcpp_window_timeout = 250;
 
-const std::string home_path = getenv(HOME_ENV) ? getenv(HOME_ENV) : "";
-
-#undef HOME_ENV
-
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index 5bbce102..cf417e33 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <limits>
 
+#include "home.h"
 #include "libmpdclient.h"
 #include "ncmpcpp.h"