diff --git a/buildout/instance-profiles/memcached.cfg b/buildout/instance-profiles/memcached.cfg
index 1244b4e4cebcfa146d7bd07b34d6cf138151c2d2..5466264d0a8a82b8d5c5688c5ebcbf86c8c4027b 100644
--- a/buildout/instance-profiles/memcached.cfg
+++ b/buildout/instance-profiles/memcached.cfg
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ recipe = erp5.recipe.memcachedserver
 memcached_software_bin = ${software_definition:software_home}/parts/memcached/bin
 memcached_bin_folder = ${buildout:data-bin-directory}
 memcached_conf_file = ${buildout:etc-directory}/memcached.conf
+instancehome = ${buildout:var-directory}/var/memcached
 
 # Configuration goes here
 # -p