diff --git a/rtgui/options.cc b/rtgui/options.cc
index 8eadff58c..d3ab4cbeb 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.cc
+++ b/rtgui/options.cc
@@ -422,8 +422,12 @@ void Options::load () {
             g_mkdir_with_parents (profdir.c_str(), 511);
             options.saveToFile (rtdir + "/options");
         }
-        cacheBaseDir = Glib::ustring(g_get_user_cache_dir()) + "/RawTherapee";
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
+        cacheBaseDir = rtdir + "/cache";
     }
+#else
+		cacheBaseDir = Glib::ustring(g_get_user_cache_dir()) + "/RawTherapee";
+#endif
 
     Glib::ustring fname = argv0+"/languages/";
     fname += (options.language.empty())? DefaultLanguage : options.language;