diff --git a/util/src/path.rs b/util/src/path.rs
index 023269a69..3a317e023 100644
--- a/util/src/path.rs
+++ b/util/src/path.rs
@@ -16,51 +16,65 @@
 
 //! Path utilities
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+/// Get the config path for application `name`.
+/// `name` should be capitalized, e.g. `"Ethereum"`, `"Parity"`.
+pub fn config_path(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+	let mut home = ::std::env::home_dir().expect("Failed to get home dir");
+	home.push("Library");
+	home.push(name);
+	home
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+/// Get the config path for application `name`.
+/// `name` should be capitalized, e.g. `"Ethereum"`, `"Parity"`.
+pub fn config_path(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+	let mut home = ::std::env::home_dir().expect("Failed to get home dir");
+	home.push("AppData");
+	home.push("Roaming");
+	home.push(name);
+	home
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", windows)))]
+/// Get the config path for application `name`.
+/// `name` should be capitalized, e.g. `"Ethereum"`, `"Parity"`.
+pub fn config_path(name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+	let mut home = ::std::env::home_dir().expect("Failed to get home dir");
+	home.push(format!(".{}", name.to_lowercase()));
+	home
+}
+
+/// Get the specific folder inside a config path.
+pub fn config_path_with(name: &str, then: &str) -> PathBuf {
+	let mut path = config_path(name);
+	path.push(then);
+	path
+}
 
 /// Default ethereum paths
 pub mod ethereum {
 	use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-	#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 	/// Default path for ethereum installation on Mac Os
-	pub fn default() -> PathBuf {
-		let mut home = ::std::env::home_dir().expect("Failed to get home dir");
-		home.push("Library");
-		home.push("Ethereum");
-		home
-	}
-
-	#[cfg(windows)]
-	/// Default path for ethereum installation on Windows
-	pub fn default() -> PathBuf {
-		let mut home = ::std::env::home_dir().expect("Failed to get home dir");
-		home.push("AppData");
-		home.push("Roaming");
-		home.push("Ethereum");
-		home
-	}
-
-	#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", windows)))]
-	/// Default path for ethereum installation on posix system which is not Mac OS
-	pub fn default() -> PathBuf {
-		let mut home = ::std::env::home_dir().expect("Failed to get home dir");
-		home.push(".ethereum");
-		home
-	}
+	pub fn default() -> PathBuf { super::config_path("Ethereum") }
 
 	/// Get the specific folder inside default ethereum installation
 	pub fn with_default(s: &str) -> PathBuf {
-		let mut pth = default();
-		pth.push(s);
-		pth
+		let mut path = default();
+		path.push(s);
+		path
 	}
 
 	/// Get the specific folder inside default ethereum installation configured for testnet
 	pub fn with_testnet(s: &str) -> PathBuf {
-		let mut pth = default();
-		pth.push("testnet");
-		pth.push(s);
-		pth
+		let mut path = default();
+		path.push("testnet");
+		path.push(s);
+		path
 	}
 }