diff --git a/Utilities/File.cpp b/Utilities/File.cpp
index 709f8829dd..e2ea1fb2de 100644
--- a/Utilities/File.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/File.cpp
@@ -1403,8 +1403,8 @@ const std::string& fs::get_config_dir()
 		if (const char* home = ::getenv("HOME"))
 			dir = home + "/Library/Application Support"s;
 #else
-		if (const char* home = ::getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"))
-			dir = home;
+		if (const char* conf = ::getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"))
+			dir = conf;
 		else if (const char* home = ::getenv("HOME"))
 			dir = home + "/.config"s;
 #endif
@@ -1425,15 +1425,53 @@ const std::string& fs::get_config_dir()
 	return s_dir;
 }
 
+const std::string& fs::get_cache_dir()
+{
+	static const std::string s_dir = []
+	{
+		std::string dir;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		dir = get_config_dir();
+#else
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+		if (const char* home = ::getenv("HOME"))
+			dir = home + "/Library/Caches"s;
+#else
+		if (const char* cache = ::getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME"))
+			dir = cache;
+		else if (const char* conf = ::getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"))
+			dir = conf;
+		else if (const char* home = ::getenv("HOME"))
+			dir = home + "/.cache"s;
+#endif
+		else // Just in case
+			dir = "./cache";
+
+		dir += "/rpcs3/";
+
+		if (!create_path(dir))
+		{
+			std::printf("Failed to create configuration directory '%s' (%d).\n", dir.c_str(), errno);
+		}
+#endif
+
+		return dir;
+	}();
+
+	return s_dir;
+}
+
 std::string fs::get_data_dir(const std::string& prefix, const std::string& location, const std::string& suffix)
 {
 	static const std::string s_dir = []
 	{
-		const std::string dir = get_config_dir() + "data/";
+		const std::string dir = get_cache_dir() + "data/";
 
 		if (!create_path(dir))
 		{
-			return get_config_dir();
+			return get_cache_dir();
 		}
 
 		return dir;
diff --git a/Utilities/File.h b/Utilities/File.h
index f701b56c29..792b7ad22b 100644
--- a/Utilities/File.h
+++ b/Utilities/File.h
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ namespace fs
 	// Get configuration directory
 	const std::string& get_config_dir();
 
+	// Get common cache directory
+	const std::string& get_cache_dir();
+
 	// Get data/cache directory for specified prefix and suffix
 	std::string get_data_dir(const std::string& prefix, const std::string& location, const std::string& suffix);
 
diff --git a/Utilities/Log.cpp b/Utilities/Log.cpp
index 322277ee8c..47383ef567 100644
--- a/Utilities/Log.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Log.cpp
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ void logs::message::broadcast(const char* fmt, const fmt_type_info* sup, ...) co
 logs::file_writer::file_writer(const std::string& name)
 	: m_name(name)
 {
-	const std::string log_name = fs::get_config_dir() + name + ".log";
-	const std::string buf_name = fs::get_config_dir() + name + ".buf";
+	const std::string log_name = fs::get_cache_dir() + name + ".log";
+	const std::string buf_name = fs::get_cache_dir() + name + ".buf";
 
 	try
 	{
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ logs::file_writer::file_writer(const std::string& name)
 
 		// Check free space
 		fs::device_stat stats{};
-		if (!fs::statfs(fs::get_config_dir(), stats) || stats.avail_free < s_log_size * 8)
+		if (!fs::statfs(fs::get_cache_dir(), stats) || stats.avail_free < s_log_size * 8)
 		{
 			fmt::throw_exception("Not enough free space (%f KB)", stats.avail_free / 1000000.);
 		}
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ logs::file_writer::file_writer(const std::string& name)
 		verify(name.c_str()), m_fptr;
 
 		// Rotate backups (TODO)
-		fs::remove_file(fs::get_config_dir() + name + "1.log.gz");
-		fs::create_dir(fs::get_config_dir() + "old_logs");
-		fs::rename(fs::get_config_dir() + m_name + ".log.gz", fs::get_config_dir() + "old_logs/" + m_name + ".log.gz", true);
+		fs::remove_file(fs::get_cache_dir() + name + "1.log.gz");
+		fs::create_dir(fs::get_cache_dir() + "old_logs");
+		fs::rename(fs::get_cache_dir() + m_name + ".log.gz", fs::get_cache_dir() + "old_logs/" + m_name + ".log.gz", true);
 
 		// Actual log file (allowed to fail)
 		m_fout.open(log_name, fs::rewrite);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/AudioDumper.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/AudioDumper.cpp
index cceb2d2e0e..f27ac5a9c8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/AudioDumper.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/AudioDumper.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AudioDumper::AudioDumper(u16 ch)
 {
 	if (GetCh())
 	{
-		m_output.open(fs::get_config_dir() + "audio.wav", fs::rewrite);
+		m_output.open(fs::get_cache_dir() + "audio.wav", fs::rewrite);
 		m_output.write(m_header); // write initial file header
 	}
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index a76cc53ba3..d6883151e7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ extern void ppu_initialize()
 	}
 
 	// New PPU cache location
-	_main->cache = fs::get_config_dir() + "data/";
+	_main->cache = fs::get_cache_dir() + "data/";
 
 	if (!Emu.GetTitleID().empty() && Emu.GetCat() != "1P")
 	{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/ProgramStateCache.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/ProgramStateCache.cpp
index 2b441e9c34..01b83ad5b6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/ProgramStateCache.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/ProgramStateCache.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ vertex_program_utils::vertex_program_metadata vertex_program_utils::analyse_vert
 
 	if (g_cfg.video.log_programs)
 	{
-		fs::file dump(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/vp_analyser.bin", fs::rewrite);
+		fs::file dump(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/vp_analyser.bin", fs::rewrite);
 		dump.write(&entry, 4);
 		dump.write(data, 512 * 16);
 		dump.close();
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/D3D12/D3D12PipelineState.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/D3D12/D3D12PipelineState.h
index 52c63cb238..f015c2011b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/D3D12/D3D12PipelineState.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/D3D12/D3D12PipelineState.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct D3D12Traits
 			}
 		}
 
-		fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram" + std::to_string(ID) + ".hlsl", fs::rewrite).write(shader);
+		fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram" + std::to_string(ID) + ".hlsl", fs::rewrite).write(shader);
 		fragmentProgramData.id = (u32)ID;
 	}
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct D3D12Traits
 		std::string shaderCode = VS.Decompile();
 		vertexProgramData.Compile(shaderCode, Shader::SHADER_TYPE::SHADER_TYPE_VERTEX);
 		vertexProgramData.vertex_shader_input_count = RSXVP.rsx_vertex_inputs.size();
-		fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram" + std::to_string(ID) + ".hlsl", fs::rewrite).write(shaderCode);
+		fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram" + std::to_string(ID) + ".hlsl", fs::rewrite).write(shaderCode);
 		vertexProgramData.id = (u32)ID;
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLFragmentProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLFragmentProgram.cpp
index 93a7b1c65e..7b77b7108f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLFragmentProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLFragmentProgram.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ void GLFragmentProgram::Compile()
 	const char* str = shader.c_str();
 	const int strlen = ::narrow<int>(shader.length());
 
-	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
+	fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
 
 	glShaderSource(id, 1, &str, &strlen);
 	glCompileShader(id);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLHelpers.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLHelpers.h
index 2ae764c770..6a1ee8012d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLHelpers.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLHelpers.h
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ public:
 						break;
 					}
 
-					fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + base_name + std::to_string(m_id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
+					fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + base_name + std::to_string(m_id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
 				}
 
 				glShaderSource(m_id, 1, &str, &length);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp
index 59acd1d215..b31869b5ec 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ void GLVertexDecompilerThread::insertMainEnd(std::stringstream & OS)
 	//RSX matrices passed already map to the [0, 1] range but mapping to classic OGL requires that we undo this step
 	//This can be made unnecessary using the call glClipControl(GL_LOWER_LEFT, GL_ZERO_TO_ONE).
 	//However, ClipControl only made it to opengl core in ver 4.5 though, so this is a workaround.
-	
+
 	//NOTE: It is completely valid for games to use very large w values, causing the post-multiplied z to be in the hundreds
 	//It is therefore critical that this step is done post-transform and the result re-scaled by w
 	//SEE Naruto: UNS
-	
+
 	//NOTE: On GPUs, poor fp32 precision means dividing z by w, then multiplying by w again gives slightly incorrect results
 	//This equation is simplified algebraically to an addition and subreaction which gives more accurate results (Fixes flickering skybox in Dark Souls 2)
 	//OS << "	float ndc_z = gl_Position.z / gl_Position.w;\n";
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ void GLVertexProgram::Compile()
 	const char* str = shader.c_str();
 	const int strlen = ::narrow<int>(shader.length());
 
-	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
+	fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".glsl", fs::rewrite).write(str);
 
 	glShaderSource(id, 1, &str, &strlen);
 	glCompileShader(id);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp
index 850e405063..a3ad70180a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFragmentProgram.cpp
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void VKFragmentProgram::Decompile(const RSXFragmentProgram& prog)
 	decompiler.Task();
 
 	shader.create(::glsl::program_domain::glsl_fragment_program, source);
-	
+
 	for (const ParamType& PT : decompiler.m_parr.params[PF_PARAM_UNIFORM])
 	{
 		for (const ParamItem& PI : PT.items)
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void VKFragmentProgram::Decompile(const RSXFragmentProgram& prog)
 
 void VKFragmentProgram::Compile()
 {
-	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".spirv", fs::rewrite).write(shader.get_source());
+	fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/FragmentProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".spirv", fs::rewrite).write(shader.get_source());
 	handle = shader.compile();
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
index 7d50146b4b..9ea9a678ca 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void VKVertexProgram::Decompile(const RSXVertexProgram& prog)
 
 void VKVertexProgram::Compile()
 {
-	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".spirv", fs::rewrite).write(shader.get_source());
+	fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/VertexProgram" + std::to_string(id) + ".spirv", fs::rewrite).write(shader.get_source());
 	handle = shader.compile();
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 9f585fbe47..917cc0e8dc 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ void Emulator::Init()
 {
 	if (!g_tty)
 	{
-		g_tty.open(fs::get_config_dir() + "TTY.log", fs::rewrite + fs::append);
+		g_tty.open(fs::get_cache_dir() + "TTY.log", fs::rewrite + fs::append);
 	}
 
 	idm::init();
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void Emulator::Init()
 	fs::create_dir(dev_hdd1 + "game/");
 	}
 
-	fs::create_path(fs::get_config_dir() + "shaderlog/");
+	fs::create_path(fs::get_cache_dir() + "shaderlog/");
 	fs::create_path(fs::get_config_dir() + "captures/");
 
 #ifdef WITH_GDB_DEBUGGER
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ void Emulator::Load(bool add_only)
 		// Initialize data/cache directory
 		if (fs::is_dir(m_path))
 		{
-			m_cache_path = fs::get_config_dir() + "data/" + GetTitleID() + '/';
+			m_cache_path = fs::get_cache_dir() + "data/" + GetTitleID() + '/';
 			LOG_NOTICE(LOADER, "Cache: %s", GetCachePath());
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_frame.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_frame.cpp
index c894d62d4d..5155fdbe12 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_frame.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/log_frame.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ log_frame::log_frame(std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> guiSettings, QWidget *parent)
 	setWidget(m_tabWidget);
 
 	// Open or create TTY.log
-	m_tty_file.open(fs::get_config_dir() + "TTY.log", fs::read + fs::create);
+	m_tty_file.open(fs::get_cache_dir() + "TTY.log", fs::read + fs::create);
 
 	CreateAndConnectActions();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/rsx_debugger.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/rsx_debugger.cpp
index c519b0a087..be52339d2b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/rsx_debugger.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/rsx_debugger.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void rsx_debugger::GetMemory()
 		dump += '\n';
 	}
 
-	fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "command_dump.log", fs::rewrite).write(dump);
+	fs::file(fs::get_cache_dir() + "command_dump.log", fs::rewrite).write(dump);
 
 	for (u32 i = 0;i < frame_debug.draw_calls.size(); i++)
 		m_list_captured_draw_calls->setItem(i, 0, new QTableWidgetItem(qstr(frame_debug.draw_calls[i].name)));