diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20998dbb42ef1ffde2e5221a82e6de65d809ba66..b955f736101a8d66b943e55a3132e2c6b5983b6d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ stage
 stage.sig
 stage.tar
 stage.toml
+xargo-home
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index 4272ccc704ab05da12c09d5e3e92c487b7e27e63..89c5987a3c445ecfc7d0624465921a2eda176303 100755
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ export TARGET=x86_64-unknown-redox
 ROOT="$(cd `dirname "$0"` && pwd)"
 REPO="$ROOT/repo/$TARGET"
 export CC="$ROOT/libc-artifacts/gcc.sh"
+export XARGO_HOME="$ROOT/xargo-home"