diff --git a/emulators/dolphin.yml b/emulators/dolphin.yml
index 64d47251f..03f3891ba 100644
--- a/emulators/dolphin.yml
+++ b/emulators/dolphin.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ cores:
   - "dolphin-qt-gc"
   - "dolphin-qt-wii"
 systems: [nintendo-gamecube, nintendo-wii, sega-triforce]
+standalone_directories:
+  - "$XDG_DATA_HOME/dolphin-emu"
+  - "~/.local/share/dolphin-emu"
 data_root:
   android:
     path: "Android/data/org.dolphinemu.dolphinemu/files"
diff --git a/scripts/common.py b/scripts/common.py
index d0f4236d5..9be55a3f3 100644
--- a/scripts/common.py
+++ b/scripts/common.py
@@ -2985,12 +2985,14 @@ def standalone_layout_path(entry: dict, profile: dict) -> str | None:
 
     ``standalone_path`` when the entry has one. A profile with no libretro
     build has one layout, so its ``path`` is that layout: UAE4All2 reads
-    kickstarts/kick13.rom below its working directory.
+    kickstarts/kick13.rom below its working directory. So does an entry only
+    the standalone build reads (``mode: standalone``), whose destination is
+    its ``path``: Dolphin's Load/Firmware/rtl_bt/ under its User directory.
     """
     own = entry.get("standalone_path")
     if own:
         return own
-    if "libretro" in str(profile.get("type", "")):
+    if "libretro" in str(profile.get("type", "")) and entry.get("mode") != "standalone":
         return None
     return entry.get("path") or None
 
diff --git a/scripts/packextras.py b/scripts/packextras.py
index 3b3ad8354..ad394c0ba 100644
--- a/scripts/packextras.py
+++ b/scripts/packextras.py
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ def _collect_emulator_extras(
                 # covered elsewhere belongs to another program's file.
                 # Nor is one placed outside the BIOS tree by the layout.
                 if (fname not in covered_names or f.get("unsourceable") or f.get("unplaced")
-                        or f.get("root") in OUTER_ROOTS or f.get("unprefixed")):
+                        or f.get("root") in OUTER_ROOTS):
                     continue
                 # Installed with the emulator or by the platform's package,
                 # as the first pass already decided for the same entry.
@@ -1429,7 +1429,12 @@ def _collect_emulator_extras(
                 # of the directory core files go to, which the platform may not
                 # declare (Recalbox has its System Cards under pcenginecd/ only,
                 # geargrafx reads them from the root).
-                full_dest = prefixed_destination(dest, extras_prefix)
+                # A path of the install tree outside the BIOS folder keeps no
+                # prefix: EmuELEC's dolphin/dolphin-emu/GBA/gba_bios.bin.
+                full_dest = (
+                    sanitize_pack_path(dest) if f.get("unprefixed")
+                    else prefixed_destination(dest, extras_prefix)
+                )
                 if full_dest in seen_dests and full_dest not in taken:
                     continue
                 if full_dest in taken and full_dest not in seen and fname not in platform_names:
@@ -1475,6 +1480,8 @@ def _collect_emulator_extras(
                     extra["contents"] = f["contents"]
                 if f.get("system_dir"):
                     extra["system_dir"] = f["system_dir"]
+                if f.get("unprefixed"):
+                    extra["unprefixed"] = True
                 extra["claim_order"] = (2, 0, emu_name)
                 if _take(extra, full_dest, seen_dests, taken):
                     extras.append(extra)
diff --git a/tests/test_launcher_placement.py b/tests/test_launcher_placement.py
index e0140569e..b03bd26d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_launcher_placement.py
+++ b/tests/test_launcher_placement.py
@@ -784,5 +784,28 @@ class CemuOnRetroDECK(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(otp.get("unplaced"), "outside_bios_folder")
 
 
+class DolphinUserDirectory(unittest.TestCase):
+    """EmuELEC runs Dolphin with XDG_DATA_HOME=/storage/roms/dolphin (dolphin.sh:28),
+    RetroDECK links $XDG_DATA_HOME/dolphin-emu/Triforce to bios/Triforce
+    (dolphin/component_prepare.sh:30, 49)."""
+
+    def test_emuelec_installs_the_user_directory_below_its_roms(self) -> None:
+        view = standalone_view("dolphin", "emuelec")
+        placed = {e["name"]: e["standalone_path"] for e in view["files"] if e.get("layout_path")}
+        self.assertEqual(placed["segaboot.gcm"], "dolphin/dolphin-emu/Triforce/segaboot.gcm")
+        # A standalone-only entry's path is its place in the User directory.
+        self.assertEqual(
+            placed["rtl8723a_fw.bin"], "dolphin/dolphin-emu/Load/Firmware/rtl_bt/rtl8723a_fw.bin"
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(all(e.get("unprefixed") for e in view["files"] if e.get("layout_path")))
+
+    def test_retrodeck_places_triforce_alone(self) -> None:
+        view = standalone_view("dolphin", "retrodeck")
+        placed = {e["name"]: e["standalone_path"] for e in view["files"] if e.get("layout_path")}
+        self.assertEqual(placed, {"segaboot.gcm": "Triforce/segaboot.gcm"})
+        (ipl, *_) = [e for e in view["files"] if e["name"] == "IPL.bin"]
+        self.assertEqual(ipl.get("unplaced"), "outside_bios_folder")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()