diff --git a/mac/gramps.launcher b/mac/gramps.launcher
index ccfdbd169..ba33caad1 100755
--- a/mac/gramps.launcher
+++ b/mac/gramps.launcher
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export PYTHONHOME="$bundle_res"
 export GRAMPSDIR="$bundle_lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/gramps"
 export GRAMPSI18N="$bundle_data"/locale
 export GRAMPS_RESOURCES="$bundle_data"
-export GRAMPSHOME="$HOME/Library/Application Support"
+export USERPROFILE="$HOME"
+export APPDATA="$HOME/Library/Application Support"
 
 # Strip out the argument added by the OS.
 if /bin/expr "x$1" : '^x-psn_' > /dev/null; then