diff --git a/zsh/.profile b/zsh/.profile
index 62b4c77..a84a45a 100644
--- a/zsh/.profile
+++ b/zsh/.profile
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@
 PATH="${HOME}/usr/bin:${PATH}"
 export PATH
 
+## XDG:
+
+# I keep my XDG files in the normal place, but specifying them in an
+# environment variable makes things a little easier/clearer.
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share"
+
 systemctl --user import-environment PATH