diff --git a/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h b/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
index 2ea5f238d..953c584a2 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
+++ b/renderdoc/os/os_specific.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ namespace FileIO
 {
 void GetDefaultFiles(const char *logBaseName, string &capture_filename, string &logging_filename,
                      string &target);
+string GetHomeFolderFilename();
 string GetAppFolderFilename(const string &filename);
 string GetReplayAppFilename();
 
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp b/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp
index 8ea3b6cb8..95f83ef5a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/posix/posix_stringio.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ namespace FileIO
 // in posix/.../..._stringio.cpp
 const char *GetTempRootPath();
 
+string GetHomeFolderFilename()
+{
+  passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+  const char *homedir = pw->pw_dir;
+
+  return homedir;
+}
+
 void CreateParentDirectory(const string &filename)
 {
   string fn = dirname(filename);
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp b/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp
index c4ce34487..35dfb4794 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/win32/win32_stringio.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,20 @@ void GetDefaultFiles(const char *logBaseName, string &capture_filename, string &
   logging_filename = StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(wstring(temp_filename));
 }
 
+string GetHomeFolderFilename()
+{
+  PWSTR docsPath;
+  SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Documents, KF_FLAG_SIMPLE_IDLIST | KF_FLAG_DONT_UNEXPAND, NULL,
+                       &docsPath);
+  wstring documents = docsPath;
+  CoTaskMemFree(docsPath);
+
+  if(documents[documents.size() - 1] == '/' || documents[documents.size() - 1] == '\\')
+    documents.pop_back();
+
+  return StringFormat::Wide2UTF8(documents);
+}
+
 string GetAppFolderFilename(const string &filename)
 {
   PWSTR appDataPath;