diff --git a/elements/dpkg/README.md b/elements/dpkg/README.md
index 76f73ee4..864c9cb9 100644
--- a/elements/dpkg/README.md
+++ b/elements/dpkg/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ The dpkg specific version of install-packages is also kept here.
   added to the key ring before any apt-get commands take place.
 * DIB\_APT\_LOCAL\_CACHE: You can use this variable to disable the internal cache
   of the /var/cache/apt/archives directory by setting it to 0. The default is to bind
-  mount the ~/.cache/image-create/apt/$DISTRO_NAME directory in
+  mount the $DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/apt/$DISTRO_NAME directory in
   /var/cache/apt/archives, this to cache the .deb files downloaded during the image
   creation.
diff --git a/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-shared_apt_cache b/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-shared_apt_cache
index 049efc4b..1ad03d9c 100755
--- a/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-shared_apt_cache
+++ b/elements/dpkg/root.d/99-shared_apt_cache
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ $DIB_APT_LOCAL_CACHE = "0" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-apt_cache_dir=$HOME/.cache/image-create/apt/$DISTRO_NAME
+apt_cache_dir=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/apt/$DISTRO_NAME
 if [ ! -d $apt_cache_dir ]; then
     mkdir -p $apt_cache_dir
 fi