diff --git a/lib/completion.zsh b/lib/completion.zsh
index b3cc91822..13ad8cfd8 100644
--- a/lib/completion.zsh
+++ b/lib/completion.zsh
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ hosts=(
 zstyle ':completion:*:hosts' hosts $hosts
 
 # Use caching so that commands like apt and dpkg complete are useable
+[[ -n "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ]] && cache_dir=$XDG_CACHE_HOME || cache_dir="$HOME/.cache"
 zstyle ':completion::complete:*' use-cache 1
-zstyle ':completion::complete:*' cache-path ~/.oh-my-zsh/cache/
+zstyle ':completion::complete:*' cache-path $cache_dir/oh-my-zsh/
 
 # Don't complete uninteresting users
 zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:users' ignored-patterns \