diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseApplicationPaths.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseApplicationPaths.cs
index 76d0076a66..3e12bc0b6e 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseApplicationPaths.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/BaseApplicationPaths.cs
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BaseApplicationPaths"/> class.
         /// </summary>
-        protected BaseApplicationPaths(string programDataPath, string appFolderPath, string logDirectoryPath)
+        protected BaseApplicationPaths(
+            string programDataPath,
+            string appFolderPath,
+            string logDirectoryPath = null,
+            string configurationDirectoryPath = null)
         {
             ProgramDataPath = programDataPath;
             ProgramSystemPath = appFolderPath;
             LogDirectoryPath = logDirectoryPath;
+            ConfigurationDirectoryPath = configurationDirectoryPath;
         }
 
         public string ProgramDataPath { get; private set; }
@@ -134,6 +139,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The _config directory
+        /// </summary>
+        private string _configurationDirectoryPath;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the path to the application configuration root directory
         /// </summary>
@@ -142,7 +152,18 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
         {
             get
             {
-                return Path.Combine(ProgramDataPath, "config");
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_configurationDirectoryPath))
+                {
+                    _configurationDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(ProgramDataPath, "config");
+
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(_configurationDirectoryPath);
+                }
+
+                return _configurationDirectoryPath;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                _configurationDirectoryPath = value;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs
index f5986f9433..8a0f2671ac 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BaseApplicationPaths" /> class.
         /// </summary>
-        public ServerApplicationPaths(string programDataPath, string appFolderPath, string applicationResourcesPath, string logDirectoryPath = null)
-            : base(programDataPath, appFolderPath, logDirectoryPath)
+        public ServerApplicationPaths(
+            string programDataPath,
+            string appFolderPath,
+            string applicationResourcesPath,
+            string logDirectoryPath = null,
+            string configurationDirectoryPath = null)
+            : base(programDataPath, appFolderPath, logDirectoryPath, configurationDirectoryPath)
         {
             ApplicationResourcesPath = applicationResourcesPath;
         }
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
index 2dd4d9af66..d8a7463043 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,32 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
                     }
                 }
                 programDataPath = Path.Combine(programDataPath, "jellyfin");
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(programDataPath);
+            }
+
+            string configPath;
+            if (options.ContainsOption("-configpath"))
+            {
+                configPath = options.GetOption("-configpath");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                {
+                    configPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific configuration files should be stored.
+                    configPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+                    // If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config should be used.
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(configPath))
+                    {
+                        configPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".local", "share");
+                    }
+                }
+                configPath = Path.Combine(configPath, "jellyfin");
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(configPath);
             }
 
             string logDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR");
@@ -138,7 +164,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
 
             string appPath = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
 
-            return new ServerApplicationPaths(programDataPath, appPath, appPath, logDir);
+            return new ServerApplicationPaths(programDataPath, appPath, appPath, logDir, configPath);
         }
 
         private static async Task createLogger(IApplicationPaths appPaths)