--- scripts/rabbitmq-server.orig	2015-09-24 20:00:50 UTC
+++ scripts/rabbitmq-server
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ set -f
 
 start_rabbitmq_server() {
     RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=$RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE \
+    HOME=/var/db/rabbitmq \
     exec ${ERL_DIR}erl \
         -pa ${RABBITMQ_EBIN_ROOT} \
         ${RABBITMQ_START_RABBIT} \