diff --git a/resources/virt.go b/resources/virt.go
index eeb9cffd..87a474f3 100644
--- a/resources/virt.go
+++ b/resources/virt.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -1168,15 +1169,29 @@ func isNotFound(err error) bool {
 	return false // some other error
 }
 
-// expandHome does a simple expansion of the tilde into your $HOME value.
+// expandHome does an expansion of ~/ or ~james/ into user's home dir value.
 func expandHome(p string) (string, error) {
-	// TODO: this doesn't match strings of the form: ~james/...
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") {
-		return p, nil
+	if strings.HasPrefix(p, "~/") {
+		usr, err := user.Current()
+		if err != nil {
+			return p, fmt.Errorf("can't expand ~ into home directory")
+		}
+		return path.Join(usr.HomeDir, p[len("~/"):]), nil
 	}
-	usr, err := user.Current()
+
+	// check if provided path is in format ~username and keep track of provided username
+	r, err := regexp.Compile("~([^/]+)/")
 	if err != nil {
-		return p, fmt.Errorf("can't expand ~ into home directory")
+		return p, errwrap.Wrapf(err, "can't compile regexp")
 	}
-	return path.Join(usr.HomeDir, p[len("~/"):]), nil
+	if match := r.FindStringSubmatch(p); match != nil {
+		username := match[len(match)-1]
+		usr, err := user.Lookup(username)
+		if err != nil {
+			return p, fmt.Errorf("can't expand %s into home directory", match[0])
+		}
+		return path.Join(usr.HomeDir, p[len(match[0]):]), nil
+	}
+
+	return p, nil
 }
diff --git a/resources/virt_test.go b/resources/virt_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2dac409f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/virt_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Mgmt
+// Copyright (C) 2013-2017+ James Shubin and the project contributors
+// Written by James Shubin <james@shubin.ca> and the project contributors
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package resources
+
+import (
+	"os/user"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestExpandHome(t *testing.T) {
+	usr, _ := user.Current()
+	var expandHomeTests = []struct {
+		path     string
+		expanded string
+	}{
+		{"/some/random/path", "/some/random/path"},
+		{"~/", usr.HomeDir},
+		{"~/some/path", usr.HomeDir + "/some/path"},
+		{"~" + usr.Username + "/", usr.HomeDir},
+		{"~" + usr.Username + "/some/path", usr.HomeDir + "/some/path"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range expandHomeTests {
+		actual, err := expandHome(test.path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		if actual != test.expanded {
+			t.Errorf("expandHome(%s): expected %s, actual %s", test.path, test.expanded, actual)
+		}
+	}
+}