diff --git a/obs/platform-osx.mm b/obs/platform-osx.mm
index a5e59f690..275d2447c 100644
--- a/obs/platform-osx.mm
+++ b/obs/platform-osx.mm
@@ -77,3 +77,7 @@ bool InitApplicationBundle()
 #endif
 }
 
+string GetDefaultVideoSavePath()
+{
+	return string(getenv("HOME"));
+}
diff --git a/obs/platform-windows.cpp b/obs/platform-windows.cpp
index 00a103675..e34f3e526 100644
--- a/obs/platform-windows.cpp
+++ b/obs/platform-windows.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
 
 static inline bool check_path(const char* data, const char *path,
 		string &output)
@@ -67,3 +69,15 @@ bool InitApplicationBundle()
 {
 	return true;
 }
+
+string GetDefaultVideoSavePath()
+{
+	wchar_t path_utf16[MAX_PATH];
+	char    path_utf8[MAX_PATH];
+
+	SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_MYVIDEO, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT,
+			path_utf16);
+
+	os_wcs_to_utf8(path_utf16, MAX_PATH, path_utf8);
+	return string(path_utf8);
+}
diff --git a/obs/platform-x11.cpp b/obs/platform-x11.cpp
index a7a927527..3d652369a 100644
--- a/obs/platform-x11.cpp
+++ b/obs/platform-x11.cpp
@@ -101,3 +101,8 @@ bool InitApplicationBundle()
 {
 	return true;
 }
+
+string GetDefaultVideoSavePath()
+{
+	return string(getenv("HOME"));
+}
diff --git a/obs/platform.hpp b/obs/platform.hpp
index bd04a81cf..52bdcfbe8 100644
--- a/obs/platform.hpp
+++ b/obs/platform.hpp
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ void GetMonitors(std::vector<MonitorInfo> &monitors);
 /* Updates the working directory for OSX application bundles */
 bool InitApplicationBundle();
 
+std::string GetDefaultVideoSavePath();