diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e655e9f0..a870d9c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## 0.7.0-dev
 
+### Added
+
+- Support for `~/` at the beginning of configuration file imports
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Nonexistent config imports are ignored instead of raising an error
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1eddd108..9c8c1cf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "copypasta",
  "crossfont",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 3.0.1",
  "embed-resource",
  "fnv",
  "gl_generator",
@@ -595,6 +595,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "3.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "142995ed02755914747cc6ca76fc7e4583cd18578746716d0508ea6ed558b9ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -2043,7 +2052,7 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "76971977e6121664ec1b960d1313aacfa75642adc93b9d4d53b247bd4cb1747e"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 2.0.2",
  "fnv",
  "nom",
  "phf",
diff --git a/alacritty.yml b/alacritty.yml
index cdad3fe1..3c6d18ec 100644
--- a/alacritty.yml
+++ b/alacritty.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 # Import additional configuration files
 #
-# These configuration files will be loaded in order, replacing values in files
-# loaded earlier with those loaded later in the chain. The file itself will
-# always be loaded last. If an import path cannot be found it will be skipped.
+# Imports are loaded in order, skipping all missing files, with the importing
+# file being loaded last. If a field is already present in a previous import, it
+# will be replaced.
+#
+# All imports must either be absolute paths starting with `/`, or paths relative
+# to the user's home directory starting with `~/`.
 #import:
 #  - /path/to/alacritty.yml
 
diff --git a/alacritty/Cargo.toml b/alacritty/Cargo.toml
index 081ea4dc..2c94093d 100644
--- a/alacritty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alacritty/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ copypasta = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false }
 libc = "0.2"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
 bitflags = "1"
+dirs = "2.0.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 gl_generator = "0.14.0"
@@ -43,9 +44,6 @@ image = { version = "0.23.3", default-features = false, features = ["ico"], opti
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 objc = "0.2.2"
 
-[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "macos", windows))'.dependencies]
-dirs = "2.0.2"
-
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os="windows", target_os="macos")))'.dependencies]
 x11-dl = { version = "2", optional = true }
 wayland-client = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["dlopen"], optional = true }
diff --git a/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs b/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
index d24e8519..f9ee3528 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ fn load_imports(config: &Value, config_paths: &mut Vec<PathBuf>, recursion_limit
     let mut merged = Value::Null;
 
     for import in imports {
-        let path = match import {
+        let mut path = match import {
             Value::String(path) => PathBuf::from(path),
             _ => {
                 error!(
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ fn load_imports(config: &Value, config_paths: &mut Vec<PathBuf>, recursion_limit
             },
         };
 
+        // Resolve paths relative to user's home directory.
+        if let (Ok(stripped), Some(home_dir)) = (path.strip_prefix("~/"), dirs::home_dir()) {
+            path = home_dir.join(stripped);
+        }
+
         if !path.exists() {
             info!(target: LOG_TARGET_CONFIG, "Skipping importing config; not found:");
             info!(target: LOG_TARGET_CONFIG, "  {:?}", path.display());