diff -burN elinks-0.11.0.orig/doc/man/man1/elinks.1.in elinks-0.11.0/doc/man/man1/elinks.1.in
--- elinks-0.11.0.orig/doc/man/man1/elinks.1.in	2006-01-01 21:59:35.921524250 +0100
+++ elinks-0.11.0/doc/man/man1/elinks.1.in	2006-01-01 22:01:19.884021500 +0100
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@
 The path to the users home directory\&. Used when expanding ~/\&.
 
 .TP
+HOME_ETC
+If set the location of the directory containing configuration files
+is \fI$HOME_ETC/.elinks/\fR instead of \fI~/.elinks/\fR.
+
+.TP
 WWW_HOME
 Homepage location (as in lynx(1))
 
diff -burN elinks-0.11.0.orig/src/config/home.c elinks-0.11.0/src/config/home.c
--- elinks-0.11.0.orig/src/config/home.c	2006-01-01 21:59:35.845519500 +0100
+++ elinks-0.11.0/src/config/home.c	2006-01-01 22:00:36.489309500 +0100
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 get_home(void)
 {
 	unsigned char *home_elinks;
-	unsigned char *envhome = getenv("HOME");
+	unsigned char *envhome = getenv("HOME_ETC") ? getenv("HOME_ETC") : getenv("HOME");
 	unsigned char *home = envhome ? stracpy(envhome)
 				      : elinks_dirname(program.path);