diff --git a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
index f7ad95c5bb..e40b5e8659 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
@@ -119,3 +119,7 @@
 
 	* Faster loading of mime type.
 
+
+2012-06-07  Mike Blumenkrantz
+
+        * Support XDG_DESKTOP_DIR
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/NEWS b/legacy/efreet/NEWS
index 5ebcbad4b6..54caaca8f1 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/efreet/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ Improvements:
 
     * Faster mime type loading.
 
+
+Additions:
+
+    * Support XDG_DESKTOP_DIR
+
 Efreet 1.2.0
 
 Changes since Efreet 1.1.0:
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c
index aaa2af03ee..895be364af 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.c
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ efreet_home_dir_get(void)
     return efreet_home_dir;
 }
 
+EAPI const char *
+efreet_desktop_dir_get(void)
+{
+    if (xdg_desktop_dir) return xdg_desktop_dir;
+    xdg_desktop_dir = efreet_dir_get("XDG_DESKTOP_DIR", "/Desktop");
+    return xdg_desktop_dir;
+}
+
 EAPI const char *
 efreet_data_home_get(void)
 {
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.h b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.h
index 805485a38c..0eb3d52297 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.h
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_base.h
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ EAPI Eina_List *efreet_data_dirs_get(void);
  */
 EAPI const char *efreet_config_home_get(void);
 
+/**
+ * @return Returns the XDG Desktop directory
+ * @brief Retrieves the XDG Desktop directory
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+EAPI const char *efreet_desktop_dir_get(void);
+
 /**
  * @return Returns the Eina_List of preference ordered extra config directories
  * @brief Returns the Eina_List of preference ordered extra config