diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e070819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desktop"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/downloads"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/templates"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/public"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/docs"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/music"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/pictures"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/videos"
diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.locale b/.config/user-dirs.locale
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e0b4191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/user-dirs.locale
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+en_US
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3aacda07..c32feae5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 .config/awesome/private.lua
 #!.config/mc
 #!.config/mc/ini
+!.config/user-dirs.dirs
+!.config/user-dirs.locale
 !.gitignore
 #!.toprc
 !.vimrc