diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 189eb2a..7c3e60a 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ only.
 * C++ compiler (tested: https://gcc.gnu.org/[gcc] 5/6/8/9,
   https://llvm.org/[clang] 3/7)
 * https://cmake.org/[cmake] (at least: 3.2)
+* https://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/[pkgconfig] (tested: 0.29)
 * https://github.com/badaix/popl[popl] (tested: 1.2)
+* http://repo.or.cz/w/libxdg-basedir.git[libxdg-basedir] (tested: 1.2)
 * https://pocoproject.org/[POCO] (tested: 1.9 / 1.7)
 * http://vsqlite.virtuosic-bytes.com/[vsqlite++] (tested: 0.3)
 * http://www.icu-project.org/[ICU] (tested: 64.2 / 57.1)
@@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ only.
 [source,zsh]
 ----
 apt-get update
-apt-get install g++-6 cmake libpoco-dev libvsqlitepp-dev libicu-dev asciidoc
+apt-get install g++-6 cmake pkg-config libpoco-dev libxdg-basedir-dev \
+    libvsqlitepp-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libicu-dev asciidoc
 # Inside the source directory:
 wget -O src/cli/popl.hpp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/badaix/popl/v1.2.0/include/popl.hpp
 export CXX="g++-6"
diff --git a/packages.CMakeLists.txt b/packages.CMakeLists.txt
index 2e300d8..35d7b2b 100644
--- a/packages.CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packages.CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if (WITH_RPM)
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "GPL-3")
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_URL "https://schlomp.space/tastytea/${PROJECT_NAME}")
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES
-      "poco-netssl >= 1.6, vsqlite++ >= 0.3, libicu >= 50.1")
+      "poco-netssl >= 1.6.1, libxdg-basedir, vsqlite++ >= 0.3.13, libicu-devel")
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME
       "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-0.${CPACK_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE}")
     set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME
diff --git a/pkg-config/remwharead.pc.in b/pkg-config/remwharead.pc.in
index d3ee864..f57d3c1 100644
--- a/pkg-config/remwharead.pc.in
+++ b/pkg-config/remwharead.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l${name} -lvsqlitepp -lstdc++fs
-Requires.private: icu-uc, icu-i18n
-Libs.private: -lPocoFoundation -lPocoNet -lPocoNetSSL
+Requires.private: libxdg-basedir, icu-uc, icu-i18n
+Libs.private: -lPocoNet -lPocoNetSSL -lPocoUtil
diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 092d14f..e27f2e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(libxdg-basedir REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libxdg-basedir)
 find_package(ICU COMPONENTS uc i18n REQUIRED)
 # Some distributions do not contain Poco*Config.cmake recipes.
 find_package(Poco COMPONENTS Foundation Net NetSSL CONFIG)
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
   "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>")
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
-  PRIVATE ICU::uc ICU::i18n
+  PRIVATE PkgConfig::libxdg-basedir ICU::uc ICU::i18n
   PUBLIC vsqlitepp stdc++fs)
 
 # If no Poco*Config.cmake recipes are found, look for headers in standard dirs.
diff --git a/src/lib/sqlite.cpp b/src/lib/sqlite.cpp
index 651d897..2cfb5b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/sqlite.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <Poco/Path.h>
+#include <basedir.h>
 #include <sqlite/execute.hpp>
 #include <sqlite/query.hpp>
 #include "time.hpp"
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ namespace remwharead
     {
         try
         {
-            _dbpath = Poco::Path::dataHome() / fs::path("remwharead");
+            xdgHandle xdg;
+            xdgInitHandle(&xdg);
+            _dbpath = xdgDataHome(&xdg) / fs::path("remwharead");
+            xdgWipeHandle(&xdg);
 
             if (!fs::exists(_dbpath))
             {