diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 80a7276d9d..0e5017f347 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -404,6 +404,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "etcetera"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "136d1b5283a1ab77bd9257427ffd09d8667ced0570b6f938942bc7568ed5b943"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "home",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "executable-path"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -535,6 +546,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "dotenvy",
  "edit-distance",
+ "etcetera",
  "executable-path",
  "heck",
  "lexiclean",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f74367d02f..af44567f4b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ derivative = "2.0.0"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
 dotenvy = "0.15"
 edit-distance = "2.0.0"
+etcetera = "0.8.0"
 heck = "0.5.0"
 lexiclean = "0.0.1"
 libc = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 535b2bc402..f935148aba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1816,13 +1816,10 @@ for details.
   `requirement`, e.g., `">=0.1.0"`, returning `"true"` if so and `"false"`
   otherwise.
 
-##### XDG Directories<sup>1.23.0</sup>
+##### Directories<sup>1.23.0</sup>
 
-These functions return paths to user-specific directories for things like
-configuration, data, caches, executables, and the user's home directory. These
-functions follow the
-[XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html),
-and are implemented with the
+These functions return paths to standard operating system directories for things like
+configuration, data, caches, executables, and the user's home directory. These are implemented with the
 [`dirs`](https://docs.rs/dirs/latest/dirs/index.html) crate.
 
 - `cache_directory()` - The user-specific cache directory.
@@ -1833,6 +1830,23 @@ and are implemented with the
 - `executable_directory()` - The user-specific executable directory.
 - `home_directory()` - The user's home directory.
 
+##### XDG Directories
+
+These functions return paths to XDG directories for things like
+configuration, data, caches, executables, and the user's home directory. These
+functions follow the
+[XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) and fall back to the operating system standard directories,
+and are implemented with the
+[`etcetera`](https://docs.rs/etcetera/latest/etcetera/index.html) crate.
+
+- `xdg_cache_directory()` - The XDG cache directory.
+- `xdg_config_directory()` - The XDG configuration directory.
+- `xdg_data_directory()` - The XDG data directory.
+- `xdg_home_directory()` - The user's home directory.
+- `xdg_runtime_directory()` - The local XDG runtime directory.
+- `xdg_state_directory()` - The XDG state directory.
+
+
 ### Constants
 
 A number of constants are predefined:
diff --git a/src/function.rs b/src/function.rs
index a714a8d0fd..3a92968c7e 100644
--- a/src/function.rs
+++ b/src/function.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use {
   super::*,
+  etcetera::{choose_base_strategy, BaseStrategy},
   heck::{
     ToKebabCase, ToLowerCamelCase, ToShoutyKebabCase, ToShoutySnakeCase, ToSnakeCase, ToTitleCase,
     ToUpperCamelCase,
@@ -46,15 +47,15 @@ pub(crate) fn get(name: &str) -> Option<Function> {
     "arch" => Nullary(arch),
     "blake3" => Unary(blake3),
     "blake3_file" => Unary(blake3_file),
-    "cache_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("cache", dirs::cache_dir)),
+    "cache_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("cache", dirs::cache_dir())),
     "canonicalize" => Unary(canonicalize),
     "capitalize" => Unary(capitalize),
     "choose" => Binary(choose),
     "clean" => Unary(clean),
-    "config_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("config", dirs::config_dir)),
-    "config_local_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("local config", dirs::config_local_dir)),
-    "data_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("data", dirs::data_dir)),
-    "data_local_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("local data", dirs::data_local_dir)),
+    "config_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("config", dirs::config_dir())),
+    "config_local_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("local config", dirs::config_local_dir())),
+    "data_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("data", dirs::data_dir())),
+    "data_local_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("local data", dirs::data_local_dir())),
     "datetime" => Unary(datetime),
     "datetime_utc" => Unary(datetime_utc),
     "encode_uri_component" => Unary(encode_uri_component),
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ pub(crate) fn get(name: &str) -> Option<Function> {
     "env_var" => Unary(env_var),
     "env_var_or_default" => Binary(env_var_or_default),
     "error" => Unary(error),
-    "executable_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("executable", dirs::executable_dir)),
+    "executable_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("executable", dirs::executable_dir())),
     "extension" => Unary(extension),
     "file_name" => Unary(file_name),
     "file_stem" => Unary(file_stem),
-    "home_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("home", dirs::home_dir)),
+    "home_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("home", dirs::home_dir())),
     "invocation_directory" => Nullary(invocation_directory),
     "invocation_directory_native" => Nullary(invocation_directory_native),
     "is_dependency" => Nullary(is_dependency),
@@ -110,6 +111,25 @@ pub(crate) fn get(name: &str) -> Option<Function> {
     "uppercase" => Unary(uppercase),
     "uuid" => Nullary(uuid),
     "without_extension" => Unary(without_extension),
+    "xdg_cache_directory" => {
+      Nullary(|_| dir("cache", Some(choose_base_strategy().unwrap().cache_dir())))
+    }
+    "xdg_config_directory" => {
+      Nullary(|_| dir("config", Some(choose_base_strategy().unwrap().config_dir())))
+    }
+    "xdg_data_directory" => {
+      Nullary(|_| dir("data", Some(choose_base_strategy().unwrap().data_dir())))
+    }
+    "xdg_home_directory" => Nullary(|_| {
+      dir(
+        "home",
+        Some(choose_base_strategy().unwrap().home_dir().to_path_buf()),
+      )
+    }),
+    "xdg_runtime_directory" => {
+      Nullary(|_| dir("runtime", choose_base_strategy().unwrap().runtime_dir()))
+    }
+    "xdg_state_directory" => Nullary(|_| dir("state", choose_base_strategy().unwrap().state_dir())),
     _ => return None,
   };
   Some(function)
@@ -223,8 +243,8 @@ fn clean(_context: Context, path: &str) -> FunctionResult {
   Ok(Path::new(path).lexiclean().to_str().unwrap().to_owned())
 }
 
-fn dir(name: &'static str, f: fn() -> Option<PathBuf>) -> FunctionResult {
-  match f() {
+fn dir(name: &'static str, path: Option<PathBuf>) -> FunctionResult {
+  match path {
     Some(path) => path
       .as_os_str()
       .to_str()
@@ -701,7 +721,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn dir_not_found() {
-    assert_eq!(dir("foo", || None).unwrap_err(), "foo directory not found");
+    assert_eq!(dir("foo", None).unwrap_err(), "foo directory not found");
   }
 
   #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -709,9 +729,10 @@ mod tests {
   fn dir_not_unicode() {
     use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
     assert_eq!(
-      dir("foo", || Some(
-        std::ffi::OsStr::from_bytes(b"\xe0\x80\x80").into()
-      ))
+      dir(
+        "foo",
+        Some(std::ffi::OsStr::from_bytes(b"\xe0\x80\x80").into())
+      )
       .unwrap_err(),
       "unable to convert foo directory path to string: ���",
     );
diff --git a/tests/directories.rs b/tests/directories.rs
index 41a05cd6c1..8b36ca65e7 100644
--- a/tests/directories.rs
+++ b/tests/directories.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use super::*;
+use etcetera::BaseStrategy;
 
 #[test]
 fn cache_directory() {
@@ -83,3 +84,111 @@ fn home_directory() {
     .stdout(dirs::home_dir().unwrap_or_default().to_string_lossy())
     .run();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn xdg_cache_directory() {
+  Test::new()
+    .justfile("x := xdg_cache_directory()")
+    .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+    .stdout(
+      etcetera::choose_base_strategy()
+        .unwrap()
+        .cache_dir()
+        .to_string_lossy(),
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn xdg_config_directory() {
+  Test::new()
+    .justfile("x := xdg_config_directory()")
+    .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+    .stdout(
+      etcetera::choose_base_strategy()
+        .unwrap()
+        .config_dir()
+        .to_string_lossy(),
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn xdg_data_directory() {
+  Test::new()
+    .justfile("x := xdg_data_directory()")
+    .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+    .stdout(
+      etcetera::choose_base_strategy()
+        .unwrap()
+        .data_dir()
+        .to_string_lossy(),
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn xdg_home_directory() {
+  Test::new()
+    .justfile("x := xdg_home_directory()")
+    .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+    .stdout(
+      etcetera::choose_base_strategy()
+        .unwrap()
+        .home_dir()
+        .to_string_lossy(),
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn xdg_runtime_directory() {
+  if let Some(runtime_dir) = etcetera::choose_base_strategy().unwrap().runtime_dir() {
+    Test::new()
+      .justfile("x := xdg_runtime_directory()")
+      .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+      .stdout(runtime_dir.to_string_lossy())
+      .run();
+  } else {
+    Test::new()
+      .justfile("x := xdg_runtime_directory()")
+      .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+      .stderr(
+        "
+          error: Call to function `xdg_runtime_directory` failed: runtime directory not found
+           ——▶ justfile:1:6
+            │
+          1 │ x := xdg_runtime_directory()
+            │      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+        ",
+      )
+      .status(EXIT_FAILURE)
+      .run();
+  }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn xdg_state_directory() {
+  if let Some(state_dir) = etcetera::choose_base_strategy().unwrap().state_dir() {
+    Test::new()
+      .justfile("x := xdg_state_directory()")
+      .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+      .stdout(state_dir.to_string_lossy())
+      .run();
+  } else {
+    Test::new()
+      .justfile("x := xdg_state_directory()")
+      .args(["--evaluate", "x"])
+      .stderr(
+        "
+          error: Call to function `xdg_state_directory` failed: state directory not found
+           ——▶ justfile:1:6
+            │
+          1 │ x := xdg_state_directory()
+            │      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+        ",
+      )
+      .status(EXIT_FAILURE)
+      .run();
+  }
+}