diff --git a/api/revanced-patches.api b/api/revanced-patches.api
index 27fedbe324..a325060843 100644
--- a/api/revanced-patches.api
+++ b/api/revanced-patches.api
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ public final class app/revanced/patches/all/connectivity/wifi/spoof/SpoofWifiPat
 	public fun transform (Lapp/revanced/patcher/util/proxy/mutableTypes/MutableMethod;Lkotlin/Triple;)V
 }
 
+public final class app/revanced/patches/all/directory/ChangeDataDirectoryLocationPatch : app/revanced/patches/all/misc/transformation/BaseTransformInstructionsPatch {
+	public static final field INSTANCE Lapp/revanced/patches/all/directory/ChangeDataDirectoryLocationPatch;
+	public fun filterMap (Lcom/android/tools/smali/dexlib2/iface/ClassDef;Lcom/android/tools/smali/dexlib2/iface/Method;Lcom/android/tools/smali/dexlib2/iface/instruction/Instruction;I)Ljava/lang/Integer;
+	public synthetic fun filterMap (Lcom/android/tools/smali/dexlib2/iface/ClassDef;Lcom/android/tools/smali/dexlib2/iface/Method;Lcom/android/tools/smali/dexlib2/iface/instruction/Instruction;I)Ljava/lang/Object;
+	public fun transform (Lapp/revanced/patcher/util/proxy/mutableTypes/MutableMethod;I)V
+	public synthetic fun transform (Lapp/revanced/patcher/util/proxy/mutableTypes/MutableMethod;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
+}
+
 public final class app/revanced/patches/all/interaction/gestures/PredictiveBackGesturePatch : app/revanced/patcher/patch/ResourcePatch {
 	public static final field INSTANCE Lapp/revanced/patches/all/interaction/gestures/PredictiveBackGesturePatch;
 	public synthetic fun execute (Lapp/revanced/patcher/data/Context;)V
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/all/directory/ChangeDataDirectoryLocationPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/all/directory/ChangeDataDirectoryLocationPatch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42d48f7d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/all/directory/ChangeDataDirectoryLocationPatch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.all.directory
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.getInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.replaceInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotation.Patch
+import app.revanced.patcher.util.proxy.mutableTypes.MutableMethod
+import app.revanced.patches.all.misc.transformation.BaseTransformInstructionsPatch
+import app.revanced.util.getReference
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.ClassDef
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.Method
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.Instruction
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.formats.Instruction35c
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.reference.MethodReference
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.immutable.reference.ImmutableMethodReference
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.util.MethodUtil
+
+@Patch(
+    name = "Change data directory location",
+    description = "Changes the data directory in the application from " +
+        "the app internal storage directory to /sdcard/android/data accessible by root-less devices." +
+        "Using this patch can cause unexpected issues with some apps.",
+    use = false,
+)
+@Suppress("unused")
+object ChangeDataDirectoryLocationPatch : BaseTransformInstructionsPatch<Int>() {
+    override fun filterMap(
+        classDef: ClassDef,
+        method: Method,
+        instruction: Instruction,
+        instructionIndex: Int,
+    ): Int? {
+        val reference = instruction.getReference<MethodReference>() ?: return null
+
+        if (!MethodUtil.methodSignaturesMatch(reference, MethodCall.GetDir.reference)) {
+            return null
+        }
+
+        return instructionIndex
+    }
+
+    override fun transform(
+        mutableMethod: MutableMethod,
+        entry: Int,
+    ) = transformMethodCall(entry, mutableMethod)
+
+    private fun transformMethodCall(
+        instructionIndex: Int,
+        mutableMethod: MutableMethod,
+    ) {
+        val getDirInstruction = mutableMethod.getInstruction<Instruction35c>(instructionIndex)
+        val contextRegister = getDirInstruction.registerC
+        val dataRegister = getDirInstruction.registerD
+
+        mutableMethod.replaceInstruction(
+            instructionIndex,
+            "invoke-virtual { v$contextRegister, v$dataRegister }, " +
+                "Landroid/content/Context;->getExternalFilesDir(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/io/File;",
+        )
+    }
+
+    private enum class MethodCall(
+        val reference: MethodReference,
+    ) {
+        GetDir(
+            ImmutableMethodReference(
+                "Landroid/content/Context;",
+                "getDir",
+                listOf("Ljava/lang/String;", "I"),
+                "Ljava/io/File;",
+            ),
+        ),
+    }
+}