diff --git a/roles/desktop/files/user-dirs.dirs b/roles/desktop/files/user-dirs.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4356ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/desktop/files/user-dirs.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
diff --git a/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml b/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
index f95c348..73b108b 100644
--- a/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/desktop/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
   import_tasks: dunst.yml
 - name: Swaylock
   import_tasks: swaylock.yml
+- name: Configure XDG
+  import_tasks: xdg.yml
diff --git a/roles/desktop/tasks/xdg.yml b/roles/desktop/tasks/xdg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..075e05f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/desktop/tasks/xdg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- name: Copy xdg dirs config file
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: files/user-dirs.dirs
+    dest: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.config/user-dirs.dirs"
+    mode: '0660'