--- scripts/rabbitmqctl.orig	2015-09-24 20:00:50 UTC
+++ scripts/rabbitmqctl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 # (e.g. forget_cluster_node --offline) require us to impersonate the
 # real node.
 RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME=${RABBITMQ_USE_LONGNAME} \
+HOME=/var/db/rabbitmq \
 exec ${ERL_DIR}erl \
     -pa "${RABBITMQ_HOME}/ebin" \
     -noinput \