diff --git a/include/wx/unix/stdpaths.h b/include/wx/unix/stdpaths.h
index b262750803..f809ac9547 100644
--- a/include/wx/unix/stdpaths.h
+++ b/include/wx/unix/stdpaths.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public:
     virtual wxString GetLocalDataDir() const;
     virtual wxString GetUserDataDir() const;
     virtual wxString GetPluginsDir() const;
+
+private:
+    wxString m_prefix;
 };
 
 #endif // _WX_UNIX_STDPATHS_H_
diff --git a/src/unix/stdpaths.cpp b/src/unix/stdpaths.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cbcb456d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/unix/stdpaths.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        unix/stdpaths.cpp
+// Purpose:     wxStandardPaths implementation for Unix systems
+// Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
+// Modified by:
+// Created:     2004-10-19
+// RCS-ID:      $Id$
+// Copyright:   (c) 2004 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwindows.org>
+// License:     wxWindows license
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// ============================================================================
+// declarations
+// ============================================================================
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// headers
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// for compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
+#include "wx/wxprec.h"
+
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+    #pragma hdrstop
+#endif
+
+#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
+    #include "wx/app.h"
+#endif //WX_PRECOMP
+
+#include "wx/filename.h"
+
+#include "wx/stdpaths.h"
+
+#ifdef __LINUX__
+    #include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+// ============================================================================
+// wxStandardPaths implementation
+// ============================================================================
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// prefix management
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void wxStandardPaths::SetInstallPrefix(const wxString& prefix)
+{
+    m_prefix = prefix;
+}
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetInstallPrefix() const
+{
+    if ( m_prefix.empty() )
+    {
+        wxStandardPaths *self = wx_const_cast(wxStandardPaths *, this);
+
+#ifdef __LINUX__
+        // under Linux, we can get location of the executable
+        wxString exe;
+        if ( readlink("/proc/self/exe", wxStringBuffer(exe), 1024) != -1 )
+        {
+            // consider that we're in the last "bin" subdirectory of our prefix
+            wxString basename(wxString(wxTheApp->argv[0]).AfterLast(_T('/')));
+            size_t pos = exe.find(_T("/bin/") + basename);
+            if ( pos != wxString::npos )
+            {
+                self->m_prefix.assign(exe, 0, pos);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( m_prefix.empty() )
+#endif // __LINUX__
+        {
+            self->m_prefix = _T("/usr/local");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return m_prefix;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// public functions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetConfigDir() const
+{
+    return _T("/etc");
+}
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetUserConfigDir() const
+{
+    return wxFileName::GetHomeDir();
+}
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetDataDir() const
+{
+    return AppendAppName(GetInstallPrefix() + _T("/share"));
+}
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetLocalDataDir() const
+{
+    return AppendAppName(_T("/etc"));
+}
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetUserDataDir() const
+{
+    return AppendAppName(wxFileName::GetHomeDir() + _T("/."));
+}
+
+wxString wxStandardPaths::GetPluginsDir() const
+{
+    return wxString();
+}
+