2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index bdfa6ae25ac..e392fb286b6 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-03-11  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * recentf.el (recentf-save-file): Use locate-user-emacs-file (bug#13870).
+
 2013-03-11  Thierry Volpiatto  <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
 
         * net/net-utils.el (net-utils-remove-ctrl-m-filter):
diff --git a/lisp/recentf.el b/lisp/recentf.el
index 02e5b09b981..a4e4359999f 100644
--- a/lisp/recentf.el
+++ b/lisp/recentf.el
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ See the command `recentf-save-list'."
   :group 'recentf
   :type 'integer)
 
-(defcustom recentf-save-file (convert-standard-filename "~/.recentf")
+(defcustom recentf-save-file (locate-user-emacs-file "recentf" ".recentf")
   "File to save the recent list into."
   :group 'recentf
   :type 'file