--- scripts/rabbitmq-server.orig	2015-05-22 10:15:37 UTC
+++ scripts/rabbitmq-server
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ fi
 set -f
 
 RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE=$RABBITMQ_CONFIG_FILE \
+HOME=/var/db/rabbitmq \
 exec ${ERL_DIR}erl \
     -pa ${RABBITMQ_EBIN_ROOT} \
     ${RABBITMQ_START_RABBIT} \
