diff --git a/src/fs/StandardDirectory.cxx b/src/fs/StandardDirectory.cxx
index 2a31d170b..ad0ae2118 100644
--- a/src/fs/StandardDirectory.cxx
+++ b/src/fs/StandardDirectory.cxx
@@ -290,6 +290,24 @@ GetUserCacheDir() noexcept
 #endif
 }
 
+AllocatedPath
+GetAppCacheDir() noexcept
+{
+#ifdef USE_XDG
+	if (const auto user_dir = GetUserCacheDir(); !user_dir.IsNull()) {
+		auto dir = user_dir / app_filename;
+		CreateDirectoryNoThrow(dir);
+		return dir;
+	}
+
+	return nullptr;
+#elif defined(ANDROID)
+	return context->GetCacheDir(Java::GetEnv());
+#else
+	return nullptr;
+#endif
+}
+
 AllocatedPath
 GetUserRuntimeDir() noexcept
 {
diff --git a/src/fs/StandardDirectory.hxx b/src/fs/StandardDirectory.hxx
index 99cf0dc70..29746bc3a 100644
--- a/src/fs/StandardDirectory.hxx
+++ b/src/fs/StandardDirectory.hxx
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ GetUserMusicDir() noexcept;
 AllocatedPath
 GetUserCacheDir() noexcept;
 
+/**
+ * Obtains cache directory for this application.
+ */
+[[gnu::const]]
+AllocatedPath
+GetAppCacheDir() noexcept;
+
 /**
  * Obtains the runtime directory for the current user.
  */