@@ -15,8 +15,30 @@ _tpm_path() {
 
 _CACHED_TPM_PATH="$(_tpm_path)"
 
+# Get the absolute path to the users configuration file of TMux.
+# This includes a prioritized search on different locations.
+#
+_get_user_tmux_conf() {
+  # Define the different possible locations.
+  custom_location="$TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_CONFIG_LOCATION"
+  xdg_location="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf"
+  default_location="$HOME/.tmux.conf"
+
+  # Search for the correct configuration file by priority.
+  if [ -n "$custom_location" ]; then
+    echo "$custom_location"
+
+  elif [ -f "$xdg_location" ]; then
+    echo "$xdg_location"
+
+  else
+    echo "$default_location"
+  fi
+}
+
 _tmux_conf_contents() {
-	cat /etc/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf 2>/dev/null
+  user_config=$(_get_user_tmux_conf)
+	cat /etc/tmux.conf "$user_config" 2>/dev/null
 	if [ "$1" == "full" ]; then # also output content from sourced files
 		local file
 		for file in $(_sourced_files); do