diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 345eac3..597c52d 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 " .vimrc - Vim configuration bootstrap
 " ##############################################################################
 
-let $VIMHOME="$HOME/.dotfiles/vim/"
-set runtimepath=$VIMHOME/,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/,$VIMRUNTIME
+set backupdir=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/backup " vim will not create this directory.
+set directory=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/swap " vim will not create this directory.
+set runtimepath=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim,$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/after,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles,$VIMRUNTIME
+set undodir=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/undo " vim will not create this directory.
+set viminfo+=n$XDG_CACHE_HOME/vim/viminfo
+
+let $VIMHOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim"
 source $VIMHOME/vimrc
 
 let g:vimwiki_list = [{ 'path': '~/vimwiki/', 'syntax': 'markdown' }]