diff --git a/plugins/filebrowser/gedit-file-bookmarks-store.c b/plugins/filebrowser/gedit-file-bookmarks-store.c
index ce45ad6004..bbf601f659 100644
--- a/plugins/filebrowser/gedit-file-bookmarks-store.c
+++ b/plugins/filebrowser/gedit-file-bookmarks-store.c
@@ -490,80 +490,107 @@ add_bookmark (GeditFileBookmarksStore *model,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void
-init_bookmarks (GeditFileBookmarksStore *model)
+static gchar *
+get_bookmarks_file (void)
+{
+	return g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (), "gtk-3.0", "bookmarks", NULL);
+}
+
+static gchar *
+get_legacy_bookmarks_file (void)
+{
+	return g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (), ".gtk-bookmarks", NULL);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+parse_bookmarks_file (GeditFileBookmarksStore *model,
+		      const gchar             *bookmarks,
+		      gboolean                *added)
 {
-	gchar *bookmarks;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	gchar *contents;
 	gchar **lines;
 	gchar **line;
-	gboolean added = FALSE;
-
-	/* Read the bookmarks file */
-	bookmarks = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
-				      ".gtk-bookmarks",
-				      NULL);
 
-	if (g_file_get_contents (bookmarks, &contents, NULL, &error))
+	if (!g_file_get_contents (bookmarks, &contents, NULL, &error))
 	{
-		lines = g_strsplit (contents, "\n", 0);
+		/* The bookmarks file doesn't exist (which is perfectly fine) */
+		g_error_free (error);
+
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	lines = g_strsplit (contents, "\n", 0);
 
-		for (line = lines; *line; ++line)
+	for (line = lines; *line; ++line)
+	{
+		if (**line)
 		{
-			if (**line)
+			GFile *location;
+
+			gchar *pos;
+			gchar *name;
+
+			/* CHECK: is this really utf8? */
+			pos = g_utf8_strchr (*line, -1, ' ');
+
+			if (pos != NULL)
+			{
+				*pos = '\0';
+				name = pos + 1;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				name = NULL;
+			}
+
+			/* the bookmarks file should contain valid
+			 * URIs, but paranoia is good */
+			location = g_file_new_for_uri (*line);
+			if (gedit_utils_is_valid_location (location))
 			{
-				GFile *location;
-
-				gchar *pos;
-				gchar *name;
-
-				/* CHECK: is this really utf8? */
-				pos = g_utf8_strchr (*line, -1, ' ');
-
-				if (pos != NULL)
-				{
-					*pos = '\0';
-					name = pos + 1;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					name = NULL;
-				}
-
-				/* the bookmarks file should contain valid
-				 * URIs, but paranoia is good */
-				location = g_file_new_for_uri (*line);
-				if (gedit_utils_is_valid_location (location))
-				{
-					added |= add_bookmark (model, name, *line);
-				}
-				g_object_unref (location);
+				*added |= add_bookmark (model, name, *line);
 			}
+			g_object_unref (location);
 		}
+	}
 
-		g_strfreev (lines);
-		g_free (contents);
+	g_strfreev (lines);
+	g_free (contents);
 
-		/* Add a watch */
-		if (model->priv->bookmarks_monitor == NULL)
-		{
-			GFile *file;
+	/* Add a watch */
+	if (model->priv->bookmarks_monitor == NULL)
+	{
+		GFile *file;
 
-			file = g_file_new_for_path (bookmarks);
-			model->priv->bookmarks_monitor = g_file_monitor_file (file, G_FILE_MONITOR_NONE, NULL, NULL);
-			g_object_unref (file);
+		file = g_file_new_for_path (bookmarks);
+		model->priv->bookmarks_monitor = g_file_monitor_file (file, G_FILE_MONITOR_NONE, NULL, NULL);
+		g_object_unref (file);
 
-			g_signal_connect (model->priv->bookmarks_monitor,
-					  "changed",
-					  G_CALLBACK (on_bookmarks_file_changed),
-					  model);
-		}
+		g_signal_connect (model->priv->bookmarks_monitor,
+				  "changed",
+				  G_CALLBACK (on_bookmarks_file_changed),
+				  model);
 	}
-	else
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+init_bookmarks (GeditFileBookmarksStore *model)
+{
+	gchar *bookmarks;
+	gboolean added = FALSE;
+
+	bookmarks = get_bookmarks_file ();
+
+	if (!parse_bookmarks_file (model, bookmarks, &added))
 	{
-		/* The bookmarks file doesn't exist (which is perfectly fine) */
-		g_error_free (error);
+		g_free (bookmarks);
+
+		/* try the old location (gtk <= 3.4) */
+		bookmarks = get_legacy_bookmarks_file ();
+		parse_bookmarks_file (model, bookmarks, &added);
 	}
 
 	if (added)