diff --git a/frontend/menu/rgui.c b/frontend/menu/rgui.c
index 77339550d6..270747b362 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/rgui.c
+++ b/frontend/menu/rgui.c
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ RMENU API
 
 void menu_init(void)
 {
-   rgui = rgui_init("",
+   rgui = rgui_init(g_settings.rgui_browser_directory,
          menu_framebuf, RGUI_WIDTH * sizeof(uint16_t),
          NULL, bitmap_bin);
 
diff --git a/general.h b/general.h
index d3195b546a..4902856d0d 100644
--- a/general.h
+++ b/general.h
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ struct settings
    bool network_cmd_enable;
    uint16_t network_cmd_port;
    bool stdin_cmd_enable;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_RGUI
+   char rgui_browser_directory[PATH_MAX];
+#endif
 };
 
 enum rarch_game_type
diff --git a/retroarch.cfg b/retroarch.cfg
index 02741566f6..966254d48d 100644
--- a/retroarch.cfg
+++ b/retroarch.cfg
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 # Implementations can query for this directory to load BIOSes, system-specific configs, etc.
 # system_directory =
 
+# Sets start directory for RGUI ROM browser.
+# rgui_browser_directory =
+
 #### Video
 
 # Video driver to use. "gl", "xvideo", "sdl"
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index c52f929f36..a3bd9275cc 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -504,6 +504,13 @@ bool config_load_file(const char *path)
 #ifdef HAVE_RMENU
    if (config_get_path(conf, "menu_texture_path", tmp_str, sizeof(tmp_str)))
       strlcpy(g_extern.console.menu_texture_path, tmp_str, sizeof(g_extern.console.menu_texture_path));
+
+   int low_ram_mode = 0;
+   if (config_get_int(conf, "rmenu_low_ram_mode_enable", &low_ram_mode))
+   {
+      if (low_ram_mode == 1)
+         g_extern.lifecycle_mode_state |= (1ULL << MODE_MENU_LOW_RAM_MODE_ENABLE);
+   }
 #endif
 
    if (config_get_bool(conf, "info_msg_enable", &msg_enable))
@@ -671,6 +678,10 @@ bool config_load_file(const char *path)
       *g_settings.screenshot_directory = '\0';
    }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_RGUI
+   CONFIG_GET_PATH(rgui_browser_directory, "rgui_browser_directory");
+#endif
+
    CONFIG_GET_BOOL(rewind_enable, "rewind_enable");
 
    int buffer_size = 0;
@@ -713,13 +724,6 @@ bool config_load_file(const char *path)
    CONFIG_GET_INT(input.icade_profile[3], "input_autodetect_icade_profile_pad4");
 #endif
 
-   int low_ram_mode = 0;
-   if (config_get_int(conf, "rmenu_low_ram_mode_enable", &low_ram_mode))
-   {
-      if (low_ram_mode == 1)
-         g_extern.lifecycle_mode_state |= (1ULL << MODE_MENU_LOW_RAM_MODE_ENABLE);
-   }
-
    if (config_get_string(conf, "environment_variables",
             &g_extern.system.environment))
    {