diff --git a/moberg.c b/moberg.c
index 72fca0858879516e501f3941df2ab5dde4e81b8e..c94cbaed2391c28585d743076b9ee20c9496872c 100644
--- a/moberg.c
+++ b/moberg.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ struct moberg *moberg_new()
   memset(result, 0, sizeof(*result));
 
   /* Parse default configuration(s) */
+  setenv("HOME", "/", 0);
   const char * const *config_paths = xdgSearchableConfigDirectories(NULL);
   const char * const *path;
   for (path = config_paths ; *path ; path++) {