diff --git a/Kernel/build-root-filesystem.sh b/Kernel/build-root-filesystem.sh
index 0e9002821b..3c078ad0ef 100755
--- a/Kernel/build-root-filesystem.sh
+++ b/Kernel/build-root-filesystem.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ printf "installing users... "
 mkdir -p mnt/root
 mkdir -p mnt/home/anon
 mkdir -p mnt/home/anon/Desktop
+mkdir -p mnt/home/anon/Downloads
 mkdir -p mnt/home/nona
 cp ../ReadMe.md mnt/home/anon/
 cp -r ../Libraries/LibJS/Tests mnt/home/anon/js-tests
diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.cpp b/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.cpp
index b46ab334b0..6494a1f43c 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ String StandardPaths::desktop_directory()
     return canonicalized_path(builder.to_string());
 }
 
+String StandardPaths::downloads_directory()
+{
+    StringBuilder builder;
+    builder.append(home_directory());
+    builder.append("/Downloads");
+    return canonicalized_path(builder.to_string());
+}
+
 String StandardPaths::tempfile_directory()
 {
     return "/tmp";
diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.h b/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.h
index 53b3cca95e..30ebac7c27 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/StandardPaths.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class StandardPaths {
 public:
     static String home_directory();
     static String desktop_directory();
+    static String downloads_directory();
     static String tempfile_directory();
 };