diff --git a/forcexdg.patch b/forcexdg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4121cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forcexdg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp
+index 2055c4d863..163a15f8a5 100644
+--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp
++++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp
+@@ -273,28 +273,11 @@ void SetUserDirectory(const std::string& custom_path)
+       user_path = home_path + DOLPHIN_DATA_DIR DIR_SEP;
+     }
+ #else
+-    // We are on a non-Apple and non-Android POSIX system, there are 4 cases:
+-    // 1. GetExeDirectory()/portable.txt exists
+-    //    -> Use GetExeDirectory()/User
+-    // 2. $DOLPHIN_EMU_USERPATH is set
+-    //    -> Use $DOLPHIN_EMU_USERPATH
+-    // 3. ~/.dolphin-emu directory exists
+-    //    -> Use ~/.dolphin-emu
+     // 4. Default
+     //    -> Use XDG basedir, see
+     //    http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+     user_path = home_path + "." DOLPHIN_DATA_DIR DIR_SEP;
+     std::string exe_path = File::GetExeDirectory();
+-    if (File::Exists(exe_path + DIR_SEP "portable.txt"))
+-    {
+-      user_path = exe_path + DIR_SEP "User" DIR_SEP;
+-    }
+-    else if (env_path)
+-    {
+-      user_path = env_path;
+-    }
+-    else if (!File::Exists(user_path))
+-    {
+       const char* data_home = getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME");
+       std::string data_path =
+           std::string(data_home && data_home[0] == '/' ? data_home :
+@@ -316,11 +299,9 @@ void SetUserDirectory(const std::string& custom_path)
+       File::SetUserPath(D_CONFIG_IDX, config_path);
+       File::SetUserPath(D_CACHE_IDX, cache_path);
+       return;
+-    }
+ #endif
+   }
+ #endif
+-  File::SetUserPath(D_USER_IDX, user_path);
+ }
+ 
+ void SaveWiimoteSources()
diff --git a/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.json b/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.json
index d356b97..80a505e 100644
--- a/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.json
+++ b/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu.json
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
           "url": "https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin.git",
           "commit": "28ca6fec9a77b3c4ea58abce558bd79220a2db7d"
         },
+        {
+          "type": "patch",
+          "path": "forcexdg.patch"
+        },
         {
           "type": "file",
           "path": "appdata.xml"