diff --git a/plugins/zsh_reload/zsh_reload.plugin.zsh b/plugins/zsh_reload/zsh_reload.plugin.zsh
index cde9ebeca..fd73e0259 100644
--- a/plugins/zsh_reload/zsh_reload.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/zsh_reload/zsh_reload.plugin.zsh
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ function src()
   autoload -U compinit zrecompile
   compinit -d "$cache/zcomp-$HOST"
 
-  for f in ~/.zshrc "$cache/zcomp-$HOST"; do
+  for f in "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc" "$cache/zcomp-$HOST"; do
     zrecompile -p $f && command rm -f $f.zwc.old
   done
 
-  source ~/.zshrc
+  source "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zshrc"
 }