diff --git a/apps/tagnavi.config b/apps/tagnavi.config
index b9d50c5c9b..74dfb1d1d9 100644
--- a/apps/tagnavi.config
+++ b/apps/tagnavi.config
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 # ^ Version header must be the first line of every file
 
 # Tag Browser configuration file, do not edit as changes will be lost!
-# Instead, you can modify "/.rockbox/tagnavi_custom.config" which will never
-# get overwritten automatically.
+# Instead, copy this file to "/.rockbox/tagnavi_user.config" and edit
+# that, so your changes will not be overwritten automatically.
+#
+# If you only want to add menus and don't need to modify the default
+# ones, you can edit "/.rockbox/tagnavi_custom.config" instead, which
+# is included by this file and will not be overwritten automatically.
 
 # Basic format declarations
 %format "fmt_title"       "%s - %02d:%02d (%s)" basename Lm Ls filename ? title == "<Untagged>"
diff --git a/apps/tagtree.c b/apps/tagtree.c
index 454875ded2..74f0021d6a 100644
--- a/apps/tagtree.c
+++ b/apps/tagtree.c
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 
 #define str_or_empty(x) (x ? x : "(NULL)")
 
-#define FILE_SEARCH_INSTRUCTIONS ROCKBOX_DIR "/tagnavi.config"
+#define TAGNAVI_DEFAULT_CONFIG  ROCKBOX_DIR "/tagnavi.config"
+#define TAGNAVI_USER_CONFIG     ROCKBOX_DIR "/tagnavi_user.config"
 
 static int tagtree_play_folder(struct tree_context* c);
 
@@ -1262,7 +1263,14 @@ void tagtree_init(void)
     if (tagtree_handle < 0)
         panicf("tagtree OOM");
 
-    if (!parse_menu(FILE_SEARCH_INSTRUCTIONS))
+    /* Use the user tagnavi config if present, otherwise use the default. */
+    const char* tagnavi_file;
+    if(file_exists(TAGNAVI_USER_CONFIG))
+        tagnavi_file = TAGNAVI_USER_CONFIG;
+    else
+        tagnavi_file = TAGNAVI_DEFAULT_CONFIG;
+
+    if (!parse_menu(tagnavi_file))
     {
         tagtree_unload(NULL);
         return;