diff --git a/common/flatpak-context.c b/common/flatpak-context.c
index a4eb41f5..f95a431d 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-context.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-context.c
@@ -826,6 +826,22 @@ flatpak_context_parse_filesystem (const char             *filesystem_and_mode,
       return TRUE;
     }
 
+  if (strcmp (filesystem, "~") == 0)
+    {
+      if (filesystem_out != NULL)
+        *filesystem_out = g_strdup ("home");
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  if (g_str_has_prefix (filesystem, "home/"))
+    {
+      if (filesystem_out != NULL)
+        *filesystem_out = g_strconcat ("~/", filesystem + 5, NULL);
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
   g_set_error (error, G_OPTION_ERROR, G_OPTION_ERROR_FAILED,
                _("Unknown filesystem location %s, valid locations are: host, host-os, host-etc, home, xdg-*[/…], ~/dir, /dir"), filesystem);
   return FALSE;
diff --git a/doc/flatpak-metadata.xml b/doc/flatpak-metadata.xml
index 325a381a..ce62f872 100644
--- a/doc/flatpak-metadata.xml
+++ b/doc/flatpak-metadata.xml
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@
                                 Available since 0.3.
                             </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
+                            <varlistentry><term><option>home/<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>
+                                  Alias for <filename>~/path</filename>
+                                  Available since 1.8.7.
+                                  For better compatibility with older
+                                  Flatpak versions, prefer to write this
+                                  as <filename>~/path</filename>.
+                            </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
                             <varlistentry><term><option>host</option></term>
                             <listitem><para>
                                 The entire host file system, except for
@@ -382,6 +390,15 @@
                                 directory. Available since 0.3.
                             </para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
+                            <varlistentry><term><option>~</option></term>
+                            <listitem><para>
+                                  The same as <option>home</option>.
+                                  Available since 1.8.7.
+                                  For better compatibility with older
+                                  Flatpak versions, prefer to write this
+                                  as <option>home</option>.
+                            </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
                             <varlistentry><term>
                                 One of the above followed by
                                 <option>:ro</option>
diff --git a/tests/test-exports.c b/tests/test-exports.c
index 55a06c09..02618c75 100644
--- a/tests/test-exports.c
+++ b/tests/test-exports.c
@@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ static const Filesystem filesystems[] =
   { "xdg-config/././///.///././.", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "xdg-config" },
   { "xdg-config/////", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "xdg-config" },
   { "xdg-run/dbus", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE },
+  { "~", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "home" },
+  { "~/.", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "home" },
+  { "~/", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "home" },
+  { "~///././//", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "home" },
+  { "home/", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "home" },
+  { "home/Projects", FLATPAK_FILESYSTEM_MODE_READ_WRITE, "~/Projects" },
 };
 
 static void