diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6669a49..cff90cad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Changes since version 0.53.0:
 - added high-quality filtered rescaling (smoothed rescaling) to wrlib/wmsetbg
 - added SmoothWorkspaceBack
 - fixed crash bug in Paths section of WPrefs
+- user menus' paths were changed. See NEWS.
 
 Changes since version 0.52.0:
 .............................
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8b15dc9e..1ec92fe0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ SHEXEC <command> will execute the shell command.
 If you want to execute something like blabla > /dev/null, then use SHEXEC
 
 
+Application User Menu Path Changes
+----------------------------------
+
+Default configuration for user specific menus installed in
+/usr/local/share/WindowMaker/UserMenus or $(datadir)/WindowMaker/UserMenus
+and ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/UserMenus.
+
+
 
 --- 0.53.0
 
diff --git a/src/wconfig.h.in b/src/wconfig.h.in
index 9a3b94af..62aef7de 100644
--- a/src/wconfig.h.in
+++ b/src/wconfig.h.in
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@
 "(\"~/pixmaps\",\"~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Pixmaps\",\""PIXMAPDIR"\")"
 
 #ifdef USER_MENU
-#define GLOBAL_USER_MENU_PATH SYSCONFDIR"/UserMenus"
+#define GLOBAL_USER_MENU_PATH PKGDATADIR"/UserMenus"
 #define DEF_USER_MENU_PATHS \
-"~/GNUstep/Defaults/UserMenus:"GLOBAL_USER_MENU_PATH
+"~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/UserMenus:"GLOBAL_USER_MENU_PATH
 #endif
 
 /* icon path */