1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/cache.py b/youtube_dl/cache.py
index 79ff09f78..ac5925d32 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/cache.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/cache.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import shutil
 import traceback
 
 from .utils import (
+    compat_expanduser,
     write_json_file,
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         if res is None:
             cache_root = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME', '~/.cache')
             res = os.path.join(cache_root, 'youtube-dl')
-        return os.path.expanduser(res)
+        return compat_expanduser(res)
 
     def _get_cache_fn(self, section, key, dtype):
         assert re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$', section), \