diff --git a/src/fccache.c b/src/fccache.c
index 9f1c298..e02d49e 100644
--- a/src/fccache.c
+++ b/src/fccache.c
@@ -830,34 +830,6 @@ bail1:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <direct.h>
-#define mkdir(path,mode) _mkdir(path)
-#endif
-
-static FcBool
-FcMakeDirectory (const FcChar8 *dir)
-{
-    FcChar8 *parent;
-    FcBool  ret;
-
-    if (strlen ((char *) dir) == 0)
-	return FcFalse;
-
-    parent = FcStrDirname (dir);
-    if (!parent)
-	return FcFalse;
-    if (access ((char *) parent, F_OK) == 0)
-	ret = mkdir ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0 && chmod ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0;
-    else if (access ((char *) parent, F_OK) == -1)
-	ret = FcMakeDirectory (parent) && (mkdir ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0) && chmod ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0;
-    else
-	ret = FcFalse;
-    FcStrFree (parent);
-    return ret;
-}
-
 /* write serialized state to the cache file */
 FcBool
 FcDirCacheWrite (FcCache *cache, FcConfig *config)
diff --git a/src/fccompat.c b/src/fccompat.c
index a217160..d4f88c8 100644
--- a/src/fccompat.c
+++ b/src/fccompat.c
@@ -219,3 +219,30 @@ FcRandom(void)
 
     return result;
 }
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <direct.h>
+#define mkdir(path,mode) _mkdir(path)
+#endif
+
+FcBool
+FcMakeDirectory (const FcChar8 *dir)
+{
+    FcChar8 *parent;
+    FcBool  ret;
+
+    if (strlen ((char *) dir) == 0)
+	return FcFalse;
+
+    parent = FcStrDirname (dir);
+    if (!parent)
+	return FcFalse;
+    if (access ((char *) parent, F_OK) == 0)
+	ret = mkdir ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0 && chmod ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0;
+    else if (access ((char *) parent, F_OK) == -1)
+	ret = FcMakeDirectory (parent) && (mkdir ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0) && chmod ((char *) dir, 0755) == 0;
+    else
+	ret = FcFalse;
+    FcStrFree (parent);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/fcdir.c b/src/fcdir.c
index dc580bb..b040a28 100644
--- a/src/fcdir.c
+++ b/src/fcdir.c
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ FcFileIsLink (const FcChar8 *file)
 #endif
 }
 
+FcBool
+FcFileIsFile (const FcChar8 *file)
+{
+    struct stat statb;
+
+    if (FcStat (file, &statb) != 0)
+	return FcFalse;
+    return S_ISREG (statb.st_mode);
+}
+
 static FcBool
 FcFileScanFontConfig (FcFontSet		*set,
 		      FcBlanks		*blanks,
diff --git a/src/fcint.h b/src/fcint.h
index 52c47a1..ec0c674 100644
--- a/src/fcint.h
+++ b/src/fcint.h
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ FcMakeTempfile (char *template);
 FcPrivate int32_t
 FcRandom (void);
 
+FcPrivate FcBool
+FcMakeDirectory (const FcChar8 *dir);
+
 /* fcdbg.c */
 
 FcPrivate void
@@ -804,6 +807,9 @@ FcDefaultFini (void);
 FcPrivate FcBool
 FcFileIsLink (const FcChar8 *file);
 
+FcPrivate FcBool
+FcFileIsFile (const FcChar8 *file);
+
 FcPrivate FcBool
 FcFileScanConfig (FcFontSet	*set,
 		  FcStrSet	*dirs,
diff --git a/src/fcxml.c b/src/fcxml.c
index 6a2af85..2cdf0ad 100644
--- a/src/fcxml.c
+++ b/src/fcxml.c
@@ -2182,6 +2182,8 @@ FcParseInclude (FcConfigParse *parse)
     FcBool	    ignore_missing = FcFalse;
     FcBool	    deprecated = FcFalse;
     FcChar8	    *prefix = NULL, *p;
+    static FcChar8  *userdir = NULL;
+    static FcChar8  *userconf = NULL;
 
     s = FcStrBufDoneStatic (&parse->pstack->str);
     if (!s)
@@ -2214,23 +2216,78 @@ FcParseInclude (FcConfigParse *parse)
 	memcpy (&prefix[plen + 1], s, dlen);
 	prefix[plen + 1 + dlen] = 0;
 	s = prefix;
+	if (FcFileIsDir (s))
+	{
+	userdir:
+	    if (!userdir)
+		userdir = FcStrdup (s);
+	}
+	else if (FcFileIsFile (s))
+	{
+	userconf:
+	    if (!userconf)
+		userconf = FcStrdup (s);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    /* No config dir nor file on the XDG directory spec compliant place
+	     * so need to guess what it is supposed to be.
+	     */
+	    FcChar8 *parent = FcStrDirname (s);
+
+	    if (!FcFileIsDir (parent))
+		FcMakeDirectory (parent);
+	    FcStrFree (parent);
+	    if (FcStrStr (s, (const FcChar8 *)"conf.d") != NULL)
+		goto userdir;
+	    else
+		goto userconf;
+	}
     }
     if (!FcConfigParseAndLoad (parse->config, s, !ignore_missing))
 	parse->error = FcTrue;
+#ifndef _WIN32
     else
     {
         FcChar8 *filename;
+	static FcBool warn_conf = FcFalse, warn_confd = FcFalse;
 
         filename = FcConfigFilename(s);
 	if (deprecated == FcTrue &&
 	    filename != NULL &&
 	    !FcFileIsLink (filename))
 	{
-            FcConfigMessage (parse, FcSevereWarning, "reading configurations from %s is deprecated.", s);
+	    if (FcFileIsDir (filename))
+	    {
+		if (FcFileIsDir (userdir) ||
+		    rename ((const char *)filename, (const char *)userdir) != 0 ||
+		    symlink ((const char *)userdir, (const char *)filename) != 0)
+		{
+		    if (!warn_confd)
+		    {
+			FcConfigMessage (parse, FcSevereWarning, "reading configurations from %s is deprecated. please move it to %s manually", s, userdir);
+			warn_confd = FcTrue;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
+	    else
+	    {
+		if (FcFileIsFile (userconf) ||
+		    rename ((const char *)filename, (const char *)userconf) != 0 ||
+		    symlink ((const char *)userconf, (const char *)filename) != 0)
+		{
+		    if (!warn_conf)
+		    {
+			FcConfigMessage (parse, FcSevereWarning, "reading configurations from %s is deprecated. please move it to %s manually", s, userconf);
+			warn_conf = FcTrue;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
         }
         if(filename)
             FcStrFree(filename);
     }
+#endif
     FcStrBufDestroy (&parse->pstack->str);
 
   bail: