config.def.h |  1 +
 noice.1      |  4 +++-
 noice.c      | 16 ++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 640407976bc79168d7b28b985ec895626d491d4f..af9bcbb641d49dafcc68ab448ff7e27be1199936 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ 	{ CONTROL('E'),   SEL_END },
 	{ '$',            SEL_END },
 	/* Change dir */
 	{ 'c',            SEL_CD },
+	{ '~',            SEL_CDHOME },
 	/* Toggle hide .dot files */
 	{ '.',            SEL_TOGGLEDOT },
 	/* Toggle sort by time */
diff --git a/noice.1 b/noice.1
index cb5b56d40aadef8d8e855bd3fad71792c8800994..f9ac1afce8252601f56dff6212083cde6a9f75f3 100644
--- a/noice.1
+++ b/noice.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd November 26, 2015
+.Dd February 25, 2016
 .Dt NOICE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ .It Ic / or &
 Change filter (see below for more information).
 .It Ic c
 Change into the given directory.
+.It Ic ~
+Change to the HOME directory.
 .It Ic \&.
 Toggle hide .dot files.
 .It Ic t
diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index b3a28525e58e226dea8f20d32b7846e9a0810218..489caabe617b7c1cc25d26bdc3522de72971fff4 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ 	SEL_PGUP,
 	SEL_HOME,
 	SEL_END,
 	SEL_CD,
+	SEL_CDHOME,
 	SEL_TOGGLEDOT,
 	SEL_MTIME,
 	SEL_REDRAW,
@@ -705,6 +706,21 @@ 			}
 			strlcpy(path, newpath, sizeof(path));
 			/* Reset filter */
 			strlcpy(fltr, ifilter, sizeof(fltr))
+			DPRINTF_S(path);
+			goto begin;
+		case SEL_CDHOME:
+			tmp = getenv("HOME");
+			if (tmp == NULL) {
+				clearprompt();
+				goto nochange;
+			}
+			if (canopendir(tmp) == 0) {
+				printwarn();
+				goto nochange;
+			}
+			strlcpy(path, tmp, sizeof(path));
+			/* Reset filter */
+			strlcpy(fltr, ifilter, sizeof(fltr));
 			DPRINTF_S(path);
 			goto begin;
 		case SEL_TOGGLEDOT: