diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 43371cba96..1d10707bb7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2665,10 +2665,13 @@ const char *program_data_config(void)
 
 	if (!initialized) {
 		const char *env = mingw_getenv("PROGRAMDATA");
-		if (!env)
+		const char *extra = "";
+		if (!env) {
 			env = mingw_getenv("ALLUSERSPROFILE");
+			extra = "/Application Data";
+		}
 		if (env)
-			strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/Git/config", env);
+			strbuf_addf(&path, "%s%s/Git/config", env, extra);
 		initialized = 1;
 	}
 	return *path.buf ? path.buf : NULL;