Hello, the following works for me with the attached configuration. $ tree -a . . └── guix-home-project     ├── .dotfiles     │   └── rime     │       ├── .config     │       │   └── ibus     │       └── .emacs.d     └── test-config.scm 7 directories, 1 file $ echo hello > guix-home-project/.dotfiles/rime/.config/ibus/rime $ cd guix-home-project/.dotfiles/rime/.emacs.d/ && ln -s ../.config/ibus/rime ./ $ ls -al total 4 drwxr-xr-x 1 paul users  8 Jan 22 17:37 ./ drwxr-xr-x 1 paul users 30 Jan 22 17:31 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 paul users 20 Jan 22 17:37 rime -> ../.config/ibus/rime  $ cd ../.. && guix home container --share=`pwd`/..=$HOME test-config.scm WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core binding `delete' WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core binding `delete' Cleaning up symlinks from previous home at /gnu/store/hpnywydkrfygcl2qplxwgypqqwny16x5-home. Removing /home/paul/.profile... done Removing /home/paul/.emacs.d/rime... done Removed /home/paul/.emacs.d. Removing /home/paul/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf... done Removed /home/paul/.config/fontconfig. Removing /home/paul/.config/ibus/rime... done Removed /home/paul/.config/ibus. Removed /home/paul/.config. Cleanup finished. Symlinking /home/paul/.profile -> /gnu/store/l27r8vj94ggr3na9pb1snizsmvh0zrxl-shell-profile... done Symlinking /home/paul/.emacs.d/rime -> /gnu/store/05v76y32j495v8dw6aaknp91k0371q34-home-dotfiles-.emacs.d-rime... done Symlinking /home/paul/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf -> /gnu/store/sfj8h6zbacaz3y3gqzxqsbz3621nq4jv-fonts.conf... done Symlinking /home/paul/.config/ibus/rime -> /gnu/store/lfw0i01pmwzaia6f7lb9c4p84y357pbd-home-dotfiles-.config-ibus-rime... done  done Finished updating symlinks. Comparing /gnu/store/hpnywydkrfygcl2qplxwgypqqwny16x5-home/profile/share/fonts and           /gnu/store/hpnywydkrfygcl2qplxwgypqqwny16x5-home/profile/share/fonts... done (same) Evaluating on-change gexps. On-change gexps evaluation finished. warning: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR doesn't exists, on-first-login script won't execute anything.  You can check if xdg runtime directory exists, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR variable is set to appropriate value and manually execute the -bash-5.1$  cat .emacs.d/rimex-home/on-first-login'-bash-5.1$  cat .emacs.d/rime hello -bash-5.1$ ls -al .emacs.d/ total 4 drwxr-xr-x 1 paul users   8 Jan 22 16:42 . drwxr-xr-x 1 paul users 234 Jan 22 16:42 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 paul users  71 Jan 22 16:42 rime -> /gnu/store/05v76y32j495v8dw6aaknp91k0371q34-home-dotfiles-.emacs.d-rime -bash-5.1$ Hope this helps, giacomo