diff --git a/WindowMaker/menu.in b/WindowMaker/menu.in
index 429f8bec..f8a209c8 100644
--- a/WindowMaker/menu.in
+++ b/WindowMaker/menu.in
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
  * 			-noext 	strip whatever is after the last dot in the
  *				file name
  *
+ *      // Use #usergnusteppath# as a placeholder for the path to the user
+ *      // GNUstep directory.  Window Maker will replace this with the value
+ *      // of GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT, if this environment variable is set, or
+ *      // "~/GNUstep" otherwise
+ *
  * <Parameters> is the program to execute.
  *
  * ** Options for command line in EXEC:
diff --git a/src/rootmenu.c b/src/rootmenu.c
index 77b05a2a..fc8774e0 100644
--- a/src/rootmenu.c
+++ b/src/rootmenu.c
@@ -673,6 +673,11 @@ static void constructMenu(WMenu * menu, WMenuEntry * entry)
 				}
 
 				tmp = wexpandpath(path[i]);
+
+				if (strstr(tmp, "#usergnusteppath#") == tmp)
+					tmp = wstrconcat(wusergnusteppath(),
+							  tmp + 17);
+
 				wfree(path[i]);
 				lpath = getLocalizedMenuFile(tmp);
 				if (lpath) {