diff --git a/bin/asdf b/bin/asdf
index 0693133da..7a895a21d 100755
--- a/bin/asdf
+++ b/bin/asdf
@@ -65,6 +65,32 @@ asdf_cmd() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  # XDG Compliance
+  ASDF_CONFIG_FILE=$(asdf_config_file)
+  export ASDF_CONFIG_FILE
+
+  ASDF_DIR=$(asdf_dir)
+  export ASDF_DIR
+
+  ASDF_DATA_DIR=$(asdf_data_dir)
+  export ASDF_DATA_DIR
+
+  if [ "$1" = '--internal-get-asdf-config-file' ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$ASDF_CONFIG_FILE"
+    exit 0
+  elif [ "$1" = '--internal-get-asdf-dir' ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$ASDF_DIR"
+    exit 0
+  elif [ "$1" = '--internal-get-asdf-data-dir' ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$ASDF_DATA_DIR"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p "${ASDF_CONFIG_FILE%/*}"
+  mkdir -p "${ASDF_DIR}"
+  mkdir -p "${ASDF_DATA_DIR}"
+
+
   IFS=' ' read -r ASDF_CMD_FILE args_offset <<<"$(find_asdf_cmd "$@")"
   if [ -z "$ASDF_CMD_FILE" ]; then
     IFS=' ' read -r ASDF_CMD_FILE args_offset <<<"$(find_plugin_cmd "$@")"
diff --git a/completions/_asdf b/completions/_asdf
index f65733547..f91650375 100755
--- a/completions/_asdf
+++ b/completions/_asdf
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #description tool to manage versions of multiple runtimes
 
 local curcontext="$curcontext" state state_descr line subcmd
-local asdf_dir="${ASDF_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.asdf}"
+local asdf_dir=
+asdf_dir=$(asdf --internal-get-asdf-dir)
 
 local -a asdf_commands
 asdf_commands=( # 'asdf help' lists commands with help text
diff --git a/lib/utils.bash b/lib/utils.bash
index 5543754f5..7ea8fdcab 100644
--- a/lib/utils.bash
+++ b/lib/utils.bash
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ asdf_dir() {
   printf "%s\\n" "$ASDF_DIR"
 }
 
+asdf_config_file() {
+  if [ -n "$ASDF_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+    printf '%s' "$ASDF_CONFIG_FILE"
+  elif [ -f "$HOME/.asdfrc" ]; then
+    printf '%s' "$HOME/.asdfrc"
+  elif [ "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME::1}" = '/' ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/asdf/asdfrc"
+  else
+    printf '%s\n' "$HOME/.config/asdf/asdfrc"
+  fi
+}
+
 asdf_repository_url() {
   printf "https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-plugins.git\\n"
 }
@@ -41,10 +53,12 @@ asdf_data_dir() {
 
   if [ -n "${ASDF_DATA_DIR}" ]; then
     data_dir="${ASDF_DATA_DIR}"
-  elif [ -n "$HOME" ]; then
+  elif [ -d "$HOME/.asdf" ]; then
     data_dir="$HOME/.asdf"
+  elif [ "${XDG_STATE_HOME::1}" = '/' ]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$XDG_STATE_HOME/asdf"
   else
-    data_dir=$(asdf_dir)
+    printf '%s\n' "$HOME/.local/state/asdf"
   fi
 
   printf "%s\\n" "$data_dir"
@@ -376,7 +390,8 @@ get_asdf_config_value_from_file() {
 
 get_asdf_config_value() {
   local key=$1
-  local config_path=${ASDF_CONFIG_FILE:-"$HOME/.asdfrc"}
+  local config_path
+  config_path=$(asdf_config_file)
   local default_config_path=${ASDF_CONFIG_DEFAULT_FILE:-"$(asdf_dir)/defaults"}
 
   local local_config_path