diff --git a/acct-user/varnish/varnish-0.ebuild b/acct-user/varnish/varnish-0.ebuild
index 400452424b008..b9b13937ffd78 100644
--- a/acct-user/varnish/varnish-0.ebuild
+++ b/acct-user/varnish/varnish-0.ebuild
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ inherit acct-user
 DESCRIPTION="user for varnish"
 ACCT_USER_ID=474
 ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( varnish )
+ACCT_USER_HOME=/var/lib/varnish
+ACCT_USER_HOME_PERMS=0750
 
 acct-user_add_deps