diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 627709d..3d799b3 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share" # ~/.local/share /usr/share
 export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.var/lib"    # ~/.local/state /var/lib
 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.var/cache"  # ~/.cache       /var/cache
 
+# Create symlinks from the defaults to our configured locations
+# Since, not all applications follow the XDG base directory rules.
+[ -L "$HOME/.local/state" ] ||
+	ln -sf "$XDG_STATE_HOME" "$HOME/.local/state"
+[ -L "$HOME/.cache" ] ||
+	ln -sf "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" "$HOME/.cache"
+
 export PATH=".local/bin:$PATH"
 
 if command -v nvim >/dev/null; then