diff --git a/WINGs/wapplication.c b/WINGs/wapplication.c
index a4a7c16c..d0d7a1c6 100644
--- a/WINGs/wapplication.c
+++ b/WINGs/wapplication.c
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ error:
 
 char *WMPathForResourceOfType(const char *resource, const char *ext)
 {
+	const char *gslocapps, *gssysapps, *gsuserapps;
 	char *path, *appdir;
+	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
 	size_t slen;
 
 	path = appdir = NULL;
@@ -141,11 +143,11 @@ char *WMPathForResourceOfType(const char *resource, const char *ext)
 	 * - resourcePath/ext
 	 * - dirname(argv[0])/ext
 	 * - WMAKER_USER_ROOT/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
-	 * - ~/GNUstep/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
-	 * - GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
-	 * - /usr/local/GNUstep/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
-	 * - GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
-	 * - /usr/GNUstep/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
+	 * - GNUSTEP_USER_APPS/ApplicationName.app/ext
+	 * - GNUSTEP_LOCAL_APPS/ApplicationName.app/ext
+	 * - /usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
+	 * - GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS/ApplicationName.app/ext
+	 * - /usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications/ApplicationName.app/ext
 	 */
 
 	if (WMApplication.resourcePath) {
@@ -170,32 +172,40 @@ char *WMPathForResourceOfType(const char *resource, const char *ext)
 		}
 	}
 
-	slen = strlen(WMApplication.applicationName) + sizeof("Applications/.app");
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "Applications/%s.app", WMApplication.applicationName);
+	path = checkFile(GETENV("WMAKER_USER_ROOT"), buffer, ext, resource);
+	if (path)
+		goto out;
+
+	slen = strlen(WMApplication.applicationName) + sizeof("/.app");
 	appdir = wmalloc(slen);
-	if (snprintf(appdir, slen, "Applications/%s.app", WMApplication.applicationName) >= slen)
+	if (snprintf(appdir, slen, "/%s.app", WMApplication.applicationName) >= slen)
 		goto out;
 
-	path = checkFile(getenv("WMAKER_USER_ROOT"), appdir, ext, resource);
+	gsuserapps = GETENV("GNUSTEP_USER_APPS");
+	if (!gsuserapps) {
+		snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s/Applications", wusergnusteppath());
+		gsuserapps = buffer;
+	}
+	path = checkFile(gsuserapps, appdir, ext, resource);
 	if (path)
 		goto out;
 
-	path = checkFile(wusergnusteppath(), appdir, ext, resource);
+	gslocapps = GETENV("GNUSTEP_LOCAL_APPS");
+	if (!gslocapps)
+		gslocapps = "/usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Applications";
+	path = checkFile(gslocapps, appdir, ext, resource);
 	if (path)
 		goto out;
 
-	path = checkFile(getenv("GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT"), appdir, ext, resource);
+	gssysapps = GETENV("GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS");
+	if (!gssysapps)
+		gssysapps = "/usr/lib/GNUstep/Applications";
+	path = checkFile(gssysapps, appdir, ext, resource);
 	if (path)
 		goto out;
 
-	path = checkFile("/usr/local/GNUstep", appdir, ext, resource);
-	if (path)
-		goto out;
-
-	path = checkFile(getenv("GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT"), appdir, ext, resource);
-	if (path)
-		goto out;
-
-	path = checkFile("/usr/GNUstep", appdir, ext, resource); /* falls through */
+	path = checkFile("/usr/GNUstep/System/Applications", appdir, ext, resource); /* falls through */
 
 out:
 	if (appdir)
diff --git a/doc/wmaker.in b/doc/wmaker.in
index 1016ef76..321063f1 100644
--- a/doc/wmaker.in
+++ b/doc/wmaker.in
@@ -140,14 +140,17 @@ Guess... ;-)
 specifies the initial path for the Defaults directory. "Defaults/" is
 appended to this variable to determine the actual location of the
 databases. If the variable is not set, it defaults to "~/GNUstep"
-.IP GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT
-specifies the location of the system-wide \fBlocal\fP GNUstep
+.IP GNUSTEP_USER_APPS
+specifies the location of the user's GNUstep Apps directory. If this
+variable is empty, it defaults to ~/GNUstep/Applications.
+.IP GNUSTEP_LOCAL_APPS
+specifies the location of the system-wide \fBlocal\fP GNUstep Apps
 directory (this is useful, for example, in those cases where the
 system-wide location is really a network wide location). If this
-variable is empty, GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT is looked for.
-.IP GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
-specifies the location of the system-wide GNUstep directory. If this
-variable is empty, it defaults to /etc/GNUstep
+variable is empty, it defaults to /usr/local/GNUstep/Local/Applications.
+.IP GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS
+specifies the location of the system-wide GNUstep Apps directory. If this
+variable is empty, it defaults to /usr/GNUstep/System/Applications.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 The Window Maker User Guide
 .PP