diff --git a/runtime/doc/gui.txt b/runtime/doc/gui.txt
index b2e6a0c4cb03e..6b46c9f02999c 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/gui.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/gui.txt
@@ -93,10 +93,16 @@ and initialize other things that you may want to set up differently from the
 terminal version.
 
 Recommended place for your personal GUI initializations:
-	Unix		    $HOME/.gvimrc
-	OS/2		    $HOME/.gvimrc or $VIM/.gvimrc
-	MS-DOS and Win32    $HOME/_gvimrc or $VIM/_gvimrc
-	Amiga		    s:.gvimrc or $VIM/.gvimrc
+	Unix		    $HOME/.gvimrc or $HOME/.vim/gvimrc
+	OS/2		    $HOME/.gvimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/gvimrc
+			    or $VIM/.gvimrc
+	MS-DOS and Win32    $HOME/_gvimrc, $HOME/vimfiles/gvimrc
+			    or $VIM/_gvimrc
+	Amiga		    s:.gvimrc, home:.gvimrc, home:vimfiles:gvimrc
+			    or $VIM/.gvimrc
+
+The personal initialization files are searched in the order specified above
+and only the first one that is found is read.
 
 There are a number of options which only have meaning in the GUI version of
 Vim.  These are 'guicursor', 'guifont', 'guipty' and 'guioptions'.  They are
diff --git a/src/gui.c b/src/gui.c
index 0bb0422cc7862..b9b73a3fd0849 100644
--- a/src/gui.c
+++ b/src/gui.c
@@ -546,11 +546,15 @@ gui_init()
 #ifdef USR_GVIMRC_FILE2
 		 && do_source((char_u *)USR_GVIMRC_FILE2, TRUE,
 							  DOSO_GVIMRC) == FAIL
+#endif
+#ifdef USR_GVIMRC_FILE3
+		 && do_source((char_u *)USR_GVIMRC_FILE3, TRUE,
+							  DOSO_GVIMRC) == FAIL
 #endif
 				)
 	    {
-#ifdef USR_GVIMRC_FILE3
-		(void)do_source((char_u *)USR_GVIMRC_FILE3, TRUE, DOSO_GVIMRC);
+#ifdef USR_GVIMRC_FILE4
+		(void)do_source((char_u *)USR_GVIMRC_FILE4, TRUE, DOSO_GVIMRC);
 #endif
 	    }
 
@@ -592,6 +596,10 @@ gui_init()
 #ifdef USR_GVIMRC_FILE3
 			&& fullpathcmp((char_u *)USR_GVIMRC_FILE3,
 				     (char_u *)GVIMRC_FILE, FALSE) != FPC_SAME
+#endif
+#ifdef USR_GVIMRC_FILE4
+			&& fullpathcmp((char_u *)USR_GVIMRC_FILE4,
+				     (char_u *)GVIMRC_FILE, FALSE) != FPC_SAME
 #endif
 			)
 		    do_source((char_u *)GVIMRC_FILE, TRUE, DOSO_GVIMRC);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b524c7edaac0e..9c11b432a541a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -2980,6 +2980,10 @@ source_startup_scripts(parmp)
 #ifdef USR_VIMRC_FILE3
 		&& do_source((char_u *)USR_VIMRC_FILE3, TRUE,
 							   DOSO_VIMRC) == FAIL
+#endif
+#ifdef USR_VIMRC_FILE4
+		&& do_source((char_u *)USR_VIMRC_FILE4, TRUE,
+							   DOSO_VIMRC) == FAIL
 #endif
 		&& process_env((char_u *)"EXINIT", FALSE) == FAIL
 		&& do_source((char_u *)USR_EXRC_FILE, FALSE, DOSO_NONE) == FAIL)
diff --git a/src/os_amiga.h b/src/os_amiga.h
index 69a1523e49a9d..bcdba32ad3f01 100644
--- a/src/os_amiga.h
+++ b/src/os_amiga.h
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ typedef long off_t;
 # define USR_VIMRC_FILE2 "home:.vimrc"
 #endif
 #ifndef USR_VIMRC_FILE3
-# define USR_VIMRC_FILE3 "$VIM/.vimrc"
+# define USR_VIMRC_FILE3 "home:vimfiles:vimrc"
+#endif
+#ifndef USR_VIMRC_FILE4
+# define USR_VIMRC_FILE4 "$VIM/.vimrc"
 #endif
 #ifndef EVIM_FILE
 # define EVIM_FILE	"$VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim"
@@ -171,7 +174,10 @@ typedef long off_t;
 # define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2 "home:.gvimrc"
 #endif
 #ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE3
-# define USR_GVIMRC_FILE3 "$VIM/.gvimrc"
+# define USR_GVIMRC_FILE3 "home:vimfiles:gvimrc"
+#endif
+#ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE4
+# define USR_GVIMRC_FILE4 "$VIM/.gvimrc"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef FEAT_VIMINFO
diff --git a/src/os_dos.h b/src/os_dos.h
index 103cded5afa6f..17246d4f708c3 100644
--- a/src/os_dos.h
+++ b/src/os_dos.h
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 # define USR_VIMRC_FILE		"$HOME\\_vimrc"
 #endif
 #ifndef USR_VIMRC_FILE2
-# define USR_VIMRC_FILE2	"$VIM\\_vimrc"
+# define USR_VIMRC_FILE2	"$HOME\\vimfiles\\vimrc"
+#endif
+#ifndef USR_VIMRC_FILE3
+# define USR_VIMRC_FILE3	"$VIM\\_vimrc"
 #endif
 #ifndef EVIM_FILE
 # define EVIM_FILE		"$VIMRUNTIME\\evim.vim"
@@ -41,7 +44,10 @@
 #  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE	"$HOME\\_gvimrc"
 # endif
 # ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE2
-#  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2	"$VIM\\_gvimrc"
+#  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2	"$HOME\\vimfiles\\gvimrc"
+# endif
+# ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE3
+#  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE3	"$VIM\\_gvimrc"
 # endif
 # ifndef SYS_MENU_FILE
 #  define SYS_MENU_FILE		"$VIMRUNTIME\\menu.vim"
diff --git a/src/os_unix.h b/src/os_unix.h
index 3c9224cd25622..02eeafc9662de 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.h
+++ b/src/os_unix.h
@@ -294,11 +294,24 @@ typedef struct dsc$descriptor   DESC;
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(USR_VIMRC_FILE2) && defined(OS2)
-# define USR_VIMRC_FILE2 "$VIM/.vimrc"
+
+#if !defined(USR_EXRC_FILE2)
+# ifdef OS2
+#  define USR_VIMRC_FILE2	"$HOME/vimfiles/vimrc"
+# else
+#  ifdef VMS
+#   define USR_VIMRC_FILE2	"sys$login:vimfiles:vimrc"
+#  else
+#    define USR_VIMRC_FILE2	"~/.vim/vimrc"
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(USR_VIMRC_FILE3) && defined(OS2)
+# define USR_VIMRC_FILE3 "$VIM/.vimrc"
 #endif
-#if !defined(USR_VIMRC_FILE2) && defined(VMS)
-# define USR_VIMRC_FILE2 "sys$login:_vimrc"
+#if !defined(USR_VIMRC_FILE3) && defined(VMS)
+# define USR_VIMRC_FILE3 "sys$login:_vimrc"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE
@@ -309,9 +322,21 @@ typedef struct dsc$descriptor   DESC;
 # endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE2
+# ifdef OS2
+#  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2	"$HOME/vimfiles/gvimrc"
+# else
+#  ifdef VMS
+#   define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2	"sys$login:vimfiles:gvimrc"
+#  else
+#   define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2	"~/.vim/gvimrc"
+#  endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef VMS
-# ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE2
-#  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE2  "sys$login:_gvimrc"
+# ifndef USR_GVIMRC_FILE3
+#  define USR_GVIMRC_FILE3  "sys$login:_gvimrc"
 # endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index f42c31f652a6e..32a81cfe2564d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -728,6 +728,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1178,
 /**/
     1177,
 /**/