--- orage-4.8.0.orig/src/functions.c
+++ orage-4.8.0/src/functions.c
@@ -749,6 +749,44 @@ void orage_select_today(GtkCalendar *cal
  * data and config file locations
  *******************************************************/
 
+gchar *orage_xdg_data_file_location(char *name)
+{
+    char *file_name;
+    const gchar * const *base_dirs;
+    int i;
+
+    base_dirs = g_get_system_data_dirs();
+    for (i = 0; base_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) {
+        file_name = g_build_filename (base_dirs[i], name, NULL);
+        if (g_file_test (file_name, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
+            return(file_name);
+        }
+        g_free (file_name);
+    }
+
+    /* no system wide data file */
+    return(NULL);
+}
+
+gchar *orage_xdg_config_file_location(char *name)
+{
+    char *file_name;
+    const gchar * const *base_dirs;
+    int i;
+
+    base_dirs = g_get_system_config_dirs();
+    for (i = 0; base_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) {
+        file_name = g_build_filename (base_dirs[i], name, NULL);
+        if (g_file_test (file_name, G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR)) {
+            return(file_name);
+        }
+        g_free (file_name);
+    }
+
+    /* no system wide config file */
+    return(NULL);
+}
+
 gchar *orage_data_file_location(char *name)
 {
     char *file_name, *dir_name;