diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/style/core.py b/lib/matplotlib/style/core.py
index 845d5472b294..02efe1f8a691 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/style/core.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/style/core.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 _here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 BASE_LIBRARY_PATH = os.path.join(_here, 'stylelib')
 # Users may want multiple library paths, so store a list of paths.
-USER_LIBRARY_PATHS = [os.path.join('~', '.matplotlib', 'stylelib')]
+USER_LIBRARY_PATHS = [os.path.join(mpl._get_configdir(), 'stylelib')]
 STYLE_EXTENSION = 'mplstyle'
 STYLE_FILE_PATTERN = re.compile('([\S]+).%s$' % STYLE_EXTENSION)