diff --git a/bake/hclparser/stdlib.go b/bake/hclparser/stdlib.go
index 50f9fd940..09cb6e9b8 100644
--- a/bake/hclparser/stdlib.go
+++ b/bake/hclparser/stdlib.go
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ package hclparser
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cty-funcs/cidr"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cty-funcs/crypto"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cty-funcs/encoding"
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ var stdlibFunctions = []funcDef{
 	{name: "greaterthan", fn: stdlib.GreaterThanFunc},
 	{name: "greaterthanorequalto", fn: stdlib.GreaterThanOrEqualToFunc},
 	{name: "hasindex", fn: stdlib.HasIndexFunc},
+	{name: "homedir", factory: homedirFunc},
 	{name: "indent", fn: stdlib.IndentFunc},
 	{name: "index", fn: stdlib.IndexFunc},
 	{name: "indexof", factory: indexOfFunc},
@@ -254,6 +260,27 @@ func timestampFunc() function.Function {
 	})
 }
 
+// homedirFunc constructs a function that returns the current user's home directory.
+func homedirFunc() function.Function {
+	return function.New(&function.Spec{
+		Description: `Returns the current user's home directory.`,
+		Params:      []function.Parameter{},
+		Type:        function.StaticReturnType(cty.String),
+		Impl: func(args []cty.Value, retType cty.Type) (cty.Value, error) {
+			home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+			if err != nil {
+				if home == "" && runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+					if u, err := user.Current(); err == nil {
+						return cty.StringVal(u.HomeDir), nil
+					}
+				}
+				return cty.StringVal(filepath.Dir(config.Dir())), nil
+			}
+			return cty.StringVal(home), nil
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func Stdlib() map[string]function.Function {
 	funcs := make(map[string]function.Function, len(stdlibFunctions))
 	for _, v := range stdlibFunctions {
diff --git a/bake/hclparser/stdlib_test.go b/bake/hclparser/stdlib_test.go
index e0d3dd29b..bd745a601 100644
--- a/bake/hclparser/stdlib_test.go
+++ b/bake/hclparser/stdlib_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package hclparser
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -197,3 +198,10 @@ func TestSanitize(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHomedir(t *testing.T) {
+	home, err := homedirFunc().Call(nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, home.AsString())
+	require.True(t, filepath.IsAbs(home.AsString()))
+}
diff --git a/docs/bake-stdlib.md b/docs/bake-stdlib.md
index a26128dd4..b9879abbf 100644
--- a/docs/bake-stdlib.md
+++ b/docs/bake-stdlib.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ title: Bake standard library functions
 | `greaterthan`            | Returns true if and only if the second number is greater than the first.                                                                                                                                     |
 | `greaterthanorequalto`   | Returns true if and only if the second number is greater than or equal to the first.                                                                                                                         |
 | `hasindex`               | Returns true if if the given collection can be indexed with the given key without producing an error, or false otherwise.                                                                                    |
+| `homedir`                | Returns the current user's home directory.                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `indent`                 | Adds a given number of spaces after each newline character in the given string.                                                                                                                              |
 | `index`                  | Returns the element with the given key from the given collection, or raises an error if there is no such element.                                                                                            |
 | `indexof`                | Finds the element index for a given value in a list.                                                                                                                                                         |