diff --git a/zshenv b/zshenv
index 83b0cbc..b8f836d 100644
--- a/zshenv
+++ b/zshenv
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 : ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:=~/.cache}
 : ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:=~/.config}
 : ${XDG_DATA_HOME:=~/.local/share}
+: ${XDG_STATE_HOME:=~/.local/state}
 
 # For XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, pick a temporary directory - the spec actually
 # *requires* that it's destroyed when the user logs out, so that's handled by a
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ if ! [[ -d $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR ]]; then
 	mkdir -p $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 	chmod 0700 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 fi
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_STATE_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 
 # The real zsh config lives in XDG_CONFIG_HOME! ;)
 : ${ZDOTDIR:=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh}