diff --git a/modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c b/modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c
index 27cc0a4e98..79023c9682 100644
--- a/modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c
+++ b/modules/printbackends/file/gtkprintbackendfile.c
@@ -253,13 +253,21 @@ output_file_from_settings (GtkPrintSettings *settings,
 
       if (locale_name != NULL)
         {
-	  gchar *current_dir = g_get_current_dir ();
-          path = g_build_filename (current_dir, locale_name, NULL);
-          g_free (locale_name);
+          const gchar *document_dir = g_get_user_special_dir (G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS);
+          
+          if (document_dir == NULL)
+            {
+              gchar *current_dir = g_get_current_dir ();
+              path = g_build_filename (current_dir, locale_name, NULL);
+              g_free (current_dir);
+            }
+          else
+            path = g_build_filename (document_dir, locale_name, NULL);
 
           uri = g_filename_to_uri (path, NULL, NULL);
+
+          g_free (locale_name);
           g_free (path);
-	  g_free (current_dir);
 	}
     }