diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index ad4cd4758..c66106a30 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ target_sources(app-lib PRIVATE
   ui/keyboard_shortcuts.cpp
   ui/layer_frame_comboboxes.cpp
   ui/layout.cpp
+  ui/layouts.cpp
   ui/layout_selector.cpp
   ui/main_menu_bar.cpp
   ui/main_window.cpp
diff --git a/src/app/ui/layout.cpp b/src/app/ui/layout.cpp
index e0883a46f..cb3541687 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/layout.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/layout.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 namespace app {
 
-static void save_dock_layout(TiXmlElement& elem, const Dock* dock)
+static void save_dock_layout(TiXmlElement* elem, const Dock* dock)
 {
   for (const auto child : dock->children()) {
     const int side = dock->whichSideChildIsDocked(child);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void save_dock_layout(TiXmlElement& elem, const Dock* dock)
       if (!sideStr.empty())
         childElem.SetAttribute("side", sideStr);
 
-      save_dock_layout(childElem, subdock);
+      save_dock_layout(&childElem, subdock);
     }
     else {
       // Set the widget ID as the element name, e.g. <timeline />,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void save_dock_layout(TiXmlElement& elem, const Dock* dock)
         childElem.SetAttribute("height", size.h);
     }
 
-    elem.InsertEndChild(childElem);
+    elem->InsertEndChild(childElem);
   }
 }
 
@@ -136,40 +136,36 @@ static void load_dock_layout(const TiXmlElement* elem, Dock* dock)
   }
 }
 
-Layout::Layout(const std::string& name, const Dock* dock) : m_name(name)
+// static
+LayoutPtr Layout::MakeFromXmlElement(const TiXmlElement* layoutElem)
 {
-  XmlDocumentRef doc(new TiXmlDocument());
-  TiXmlElement layoutsElem("layouts");
-  {
-    TiXmlElement layoutElem("layout");
-    layoutElem.SetAttribute("name", name);
+  auto layout = std::make_shared<Layout>();
+  if (auto name = layoutElem->Attribute("name"))
+    layout->m_name = name;
 
-    save_dock_layout(layoutElem, dock);
+  layout->m_elem.reset(layoutElem->Clone()->ToElement());
+  return layout;
+}
 
-    layoutsElem.InsertEndChild(layoutElem);
-  }
+// static
+LayoutPtr Layout::MakeFromDock(const std::string& name, const Dock* dock)
+{
+  auto layout = std::make_shared<Layout>();
+  layout->m_name = name;
 
-  TiXmlDeclaration declaration("1.0", "utf-8", "");
-  doc->InsertEndChild(declaration);
-  doc->InsertEndChild(layoutsElem);
+  layout->m_elem = std::make_unique<TiXmlElement>("layout");
+  layout->m_elem->SetAttribute("name", name);
+  save_dock_layout(layout->m_elem.get(), dock);
 
-  std::stringstream s;
-  s << *doc;
-  m_data = s.str();
+  return layout;
 }
 
 bool Layout::loadLayout(Dock* dock) const
 {
-  XmlDocumentRef doc(new TiXmlDocument);
-  doc->Parse(m_data.c_str(), 0, TIXML_DEFAULT_ENCODING);
-  TiXmlHandle handle(doc.get());
-
-  TiXmlElement* layoutElem = handle.FirstChild("layouts").FirstChild("layout").ToElement();
-
-  if (!layoutElem)
+  if (!m_elem)
     return false;
 
-  TiXmlElement* elem = layoutElem->FirstChildElement();
+  TiXmlElement* elem = m_elem->FirstChildElement();
   while (elem) {
     load_dock_layout(elem, dock);
     elem = elem->NextSiblingElement();
diff --git a/src/app/ui/layout.h b/src/app/ui/layout.h
index 8a53a3dfc..cd3844a8d 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/layout.h
+++ b/src/app/ui/layout.h
@@ -11,25 +11,29 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
+class TiXmlElement;
+
 namespace app {
 class Dock;
 
-class Layout {
+class Layout;
+using LayoutPtr = std::shared_ptr<Layout>;
+
+class Layout final {
 public:
-  Layout(const std::string& name, const Dock* dock);
+  static LayoutPtr MakeFromXmlElement(const TiXmlElement* layoutElem);
+  static LayoutPtr MakeFromDock(const std::string& name, const Dock* dock);
 
   const std::string& name() const { return m_name; }
-  const std::string& data() const { return m_data; }
+  const TiXmlElement* xmlElement() const { return m_elem.get(); }
 
   bool loadLayout(Dock* dock) const;
 
 private:
   std::string m_name;
-  std::string m_data;
+  std::unique_ptr<TiXmlElement> m_elem;
 };
 
-using LayoutPtr = std::shared_ptr<Layout>;
-
 } // namespace app
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/app/ui/layout_selector.cpp b/src/app/ui/layout_selector.cpp
index ed5736518..de57abed6 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/layout_selector.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ui/layout_selector.cpp
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ public:
       case LayoutId::SAVE_LAYOUT: {
         gen::NewLayout window;
         window.name()->setText(
-          fmt::format("{} ({})", window.name()->text(), m_selector->m_layouts.size()));
+          fmt::format("{} ({})", window.name()->text(), m_selector->m_layouts.size() + 1));
 
         window.openWindowInForeground();
         if (window.closer() == window.ok()) {
-          auto layout = std::make_shared<Layout>(window.name()->text(), win->customizableDock());
+          auto layout = Layout::MakeFromDock(window.name()->text(), win->customizableDock());
 
-          m_selector->addLayout(std::move(layout));
+          m_selector->addLayout(layout);
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void LayoutSelector::addLayout(const LayoutPtr& layout)
   auto item = m_comboBox.addItem(
     new LayoutItem(this, LayoutItem::USER_DEFINED, layout->name(), layout));
 
-  m_layouts.push_back(layout);
+  m_layouts.addLayout(layout);
 
   m_comboBox.setSelectedItemIndex(item);
 }
diff --git a/src/app/ui/layout_selector.h b/src/app/ui/layout_selector.h
index e9fedc980..6d91af9cb 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/layout_selector.h
+++ b/src/app/ui/layout_selector.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "app/ui/dockable.h"
 #include "app/ui/icon_button.h"
 #include "app/ui/layout.h"
+#include "app/ui/layouts.h"
 #include "ui/animated_widget.h"
 #include "ui/box.h"
 #include "ui/combobox.h"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ private:
   IconButton m_button;
   gfx::Size m_startSize;
   gfx::Size m_endSize;
-  std::vector<LayoutPtr> m_layouts;
+  Layouts m_layouts;
 };
 
 } // namespace app
diff --git a/src/app/ui/layouts.cpp b/src/app/ui/layouts.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9089608a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/ui/layouts.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Aseprite
+// Copyright (c) 2022  Igara Studio S.A.
+//
+// This program is distributed under the terms of
+// the End-User License Agreement for Aseprite.
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+  #include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "app/ui/layouts.h"
+
+#include "app/resource_finder.h"
+#include "app/xml_document.h"
+#include "app/xml_exception.h"
+#include "base/fs.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+
+namespace app {
+
+Layouts::Layouts()
+{
+  try {
+    std::string fn = m_userLayoutsFilename = UserLayoutsFilename();
+    if (base::is_file(fn))
+      load(fn);
+  }
+  catch (const std::exception& ex) {
+    LOG(ERROR, "LAY: Error loading user layouts: %s\n", ex.what());
+  }
+}
+
+Layouts::~Layouts()
+{
+  if (!m_userLayoutsFilename.empty())
+    save(m_userLayoutsFilename);
+}
+
+void Layouts::addLayout(const LayoutPtr& layout)
+{
+  m_layouts.push_back(layout);
+}
+
+void Layouts::load(const std::string& fn)
+{
+  XmlDocumentRef doc = app::open_xml(fn);
+  TiXmlHandle handle(doc.get());
+  TiXmlElement* layoutElem = handle.FirstChild("layouts").FirstChild("layout").ToElement();
+
+  while (layoutElem) {
+    m_layouts.push_back(Layout::MakeFromXmlElement(layoutElem));
+    layoutElem = layoutElem->NextSiblingElement();
+  }
+}
+
+void Layouts::save(const std::string& fn) const
+{
+  XmlDocumentRef doc(new TiXmlDocument());
+  TiXmlElement layoutsElem("layouts");
+
+  for (const auto& layout : m_layouts)
+    layoutsElem.InsertEndChild(*layout->xmlElement());
+
+  TiXmlDeclaration declaration("1.0", "utf-8", "");
+  doc->InsertEndChild(declaration);
+  doc->InsertEndChild(layoutsElem);
+  save_xml(doc, fn);
+}
+
+// static
+std::string Layouts::UserLayoutsFilename()
+{
+  ResourceFinder rf;
+  rf.includeUserDir("user.aseprite-layouts");
+  return rf.getFirstOrCreateDefault();
+}
+
+} // namespace app
diff --git a/src/app/ui/layouts.h b/src/app/ui/layouts.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fd5e8bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/ui/layouts.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Aseprite
+// Copyright (c) 2022  Igara Studio S.A.
+//
+// This program is distributed under the terms of
+// the End-User License Agreement for Aseprite.
+
+#ifndef APP_UI_LAYOUTS_H_INCLUDED
+#define APP_UI_LAYOUTS_H_INCLUDED
+#pragma once
+
+#include "app/ui/layout.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace app {
+
+class Layouts {
+public:
+  Layouts();
+  ~Layouts();
+
+  size_t size() const { return m_layouts.size(); }
+
+  void addLayout(const LayoutPtr& layout);
+
+  // To iterate layouts
+  using List = std::vector<LayoutPtr>;
+  using iterator = List::iterator;
+  iterator begin() { return m_layouts.begin(); }
+  iterator end() { return m_layouts.end(); }
+
+private:
+  void load(const std::string& fn);
+  void save(const std::string& fn) const;
+  static std::string UserLayoutsFilename();
+
+  List m_layouts;
+  std::string m_userLayoutsFilename;
+};
+
+} // namespace app
+
+#endif