1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/stdpaths.c b/src/nvim/os/stdpaths.c
index 91ee45d3a9..66bc990402 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/stdpaths.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/stdpaths.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ char *stdpaths_get_xdg_var(const XDGVarType idx)
   if (env_val == NULL && xdg_defaults_env_vars[idx] != NULL) {
     env_val = os_getenv(xdg_defaults_env_vars[idx]);
   }
+#else
+  if (env_val == NULL && os_env_exists(env)) {
+    env_val = "";
+  }
 #endif
 
   char *ret = NULL;