diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index dc2d1de..e7b1eec 100644
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export ANDROID_SDK_HOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/android"
 export GNUPGHOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnupg"
 export GRADLE_USER_HOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gradle"
 export GTK2_RC_FILES="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-2.0/gtkrc-2.0"
-export HISTFILE="$HOME/.cache/shhistory"
+export HISTFILE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/shhistory"
 export INPUTRC="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inputrc"
 export LESSKEY="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/less/lesskey"
 export LESSHISTFILE="-"