diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cb58a5cd0..0847805f0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ Run
 
 $ mpd <config file>
 
-First default is ~/.mpdconf then /etc/mpd.conf. If neither of these exist
-a mpd configuration file must be specified at runtime. A
+First default is ~/.mpdconf then ~/.mpd/mpd.conf then /etc/mpd.conf. If
+neither of these exist a mpd configuration file must be specified at
+runtime.
 
 A sample config file is included with the source of MPD, mpdconf.example.
 
diff --git a/doc/mpd.conf.5 b/doc/mpd.conf.5
index cced775a7..0440dda06 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/mpd.conf.5
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 mpd.conf \- Music Player Daemon configuration file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBmpd.conf\fP is the configuration file for mpd(1).  If not specified on the
-command line, MPD first searches for it at \fB~/.mpdconf\fP and then in
-\fB/etc/mpd.conf\fP.
+command line, MPD first searches for it at \fB~/.mpdconf\fP then at
+\fB~/.mpd/mpd.conf\fP and then in \fB/etc/mpd.conf\fP.
 
 Lines beginning with a "#" character are comments.  All other non-empty lines
 specify parameters and their values.  These lines contain the parameter name
diff --git a/src/cmdline.c b/src/cmdline.c
index 48c1e87e6..14a22da34 100644
--- a/src/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/cmdline.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #define SYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION	"/etc/mpd.conf"
-#define USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION	".mpdconf"
+#define USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION1	".mpdconf"
+#define USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION2	".mpd/mpd.conf"
 
 G_GNUC_NORETURN
 static void version(void)
@@ -134,16 +135,22 @@ void parseOptions(int argc, char **argv, Options *options)
 
 	if (argc <= 1) {
 		/* default configuration file path */
-		char *path;
+		char *path1;
+		char *path2;
 
-		path = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(),
-					USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION, NULL);
-		if (g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
-			readConf(path);
+		path1 = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(),
+					USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION1, NULL);
+		path2 = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(),
+					USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION2, NULL);
+		if (g_file_test(path1, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
+			readConf(path1);
+		else if (g_file_test(path2, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
+			readConf(path2);
 		else if (g_file_test(SYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION,
 				     G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
 			readConf(SYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION);
-		g_free(path);
+		g_free(path1);
+		g_free(path2);
 	} else if (argc == 2) {
 		/* specified configuration file */
 		readConf(argv[1]);