diff --git a/src/bin/utils.c b/src/bin/utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34522234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "private.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+
+Eina_Bool
+homedir_get(char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+   const char *home = getenv("HOME");
+   if (!home)
+     {
+        uid_t uid = getuid();
+        struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(uid);
+        if (pw) home = pw->pw_dir;
+     }
+   if (!home)
+     {
+        ERR("Could not get $HOME");
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
+   return eina_strlcpy(buf, home, size) < size;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/bin/utils.h b/src/bin/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c08ec43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef _UTILS_H__
+#define _UTILS_H__
+
+#include <Eina.h>
+Eina_Bool homedir_get(char *buf, size_t size);
+
+#endif