diff --git a/dcos/api/constants.py b/dcos/api/constants.py
index 5799040..8a72b7c 100644
--- a/dcos/api/constants.py
+++ b/dcos/api/constants.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+DCOS_DIR = ".dcos"
+"""DCOS data directory.  Can store subcommands and the config file."""
+
 DCOS_SUBCOMMAND_SUBDIR = 'subcommands'
 """Name of the subdirectory that contains all of the subcommands. This is
 relative to the location of the executable."""
diff --git a/dcos/api/subcommand.py b/dcos/api/subcommand.py
index e4cac95..aebc6b4 100644
--- a/dcos/api/subcommand.py
+++ b/dcos/api/subcommand.py
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ BIN_DIRECTORY = 'Scripts' if util.is_windows_platform() else 'bin'
 
 
 def _subcommand_dir():
-    return os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".dcos", "subcommands"))
+    return os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~",
+                                           constants.DCOS_DIR,
+                                           constants.DCOS_SUBCOMMAND_SUBDIR))
 
 
 def list_paths(dcos_path):