diff --git a/gitsome/config.py b/gitsome/config.py
index 95db91d..91ed138 100644
--- a/gitsome/config.py
+++ b/gitsome/config.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def get_github_config_path(self, config_file_name):
         :rtype: str
         :return: The github config file path.
         """
-        home = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get('HOME', ''))
+        home = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get('$XDG_CONFIG_HOME', ''))
         config_file_path = os.path.join(home, config_file_name)
         return config_file_path
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 823c317..8e39025 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def verify_login_pass_url_enterprise(self, username=None, password=None,
         assert verify
 
     def test_config(self):
-        expected = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.environ.get('HOME', '')),
+        expected = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.environ.get(
+                                '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME', '')),
                                 self.github.config.CONFIG)
         assert self.github.config \
             .get_github_config_path(self.github.config.CONFIG) == expected