diff --git a/lib/krb5/constants.c b/lib/krb5/constants.c
index b41fb3f66..03bd59b0b 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/constants.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/constants.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ RCSID("$Id$");
 
 KRB5_LIB_VARIABLE const char *krb5_config_file =
 #ifdef __APPLE__
+"~/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos:"
 "/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos:"
 #endif
 SYSCONFDIR "/krb5.conf:/etc/krb5.conf";