diff --git a/x11/misc/lightdm/lightdm.initd b/x11/misc/lightdm/lightdm.initd
index b8300dca..f1b3fe1e 100644
--- a/x11/misc/lightdm/lightdm.initd
+++ b/x11/misc/lightdm/lightdm.initd
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ depend() {
 }
 
 start_pre() {
-	checkpath --owner lightdm:lightdm --directory /var/lib/lightdm
+	checkpath --owner lightdm:lightdm --directory /var/lib/lightdm-data
 }
 
diff --git a/x11/misc/lightdm/ympbuild b/x11/misc/lightdm/ympbuild
index 03689b7e..655e21b1 100644
--- a/x11/misc/lightdm/ympbuild
+++ b/x11/misc/lightdm/ympbuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ package(){
     # create user and group
     mkdir -p $DESTDIR/etc/group.d
     mkdir -p $DESTDIR/etc/passwd.d
-    echo "lightdm:x:108:118:Lightdm Display Manager:/var/lib/lightdm/:/bin/false" > $DESTDIR/etc/passwd.d/lightdm
+    echo "lightdm:x:108:118:Lightdm Display Manager:/var/lib/lightdm-data/:/bin/false" > $DESTDIR/etc/passwd.d/lightdm
     echo "lightdm:x:118:" > $DESTDIR/etc/group.d/lightdm
     # install service
     mkdir -p $DESTDIR/etc/init.d