diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 0b4e833088a4dc9653fe065cba012141a815c014..95a43ccb6dd09257f8d18eb829c9450bf3b57ded 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ set_plugin_dir := 1
 
 # Set plugin_dir to preffered global plugin location
 # If we install under $HOME directory we go under
-# $(HOME)/.traceevent/plugins
+# $(HOME)/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins
 #
 # We dont set PLUGIN_DIR in case we install under $HOME
 # directory, because by default the code looks under:
-# $(HOME)/.traceevent/plugins by default.
+# $(HOME)/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins by default.
 #
 ifeq ($(plugin_dir),)
 ifeq ($(prefix),$(HOME))
-override plugin_dir = $(HOME)/.traceevent/plugins
+override plugin_dir = $(HOME)/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins
 set_plugin_dir := 0
 else
 override plugin_dir = $(libdir)/traceevent/plugins
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-plugin.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-plugin.c
index f17e25097e1e2573f218639f601ecb6102f67b8e..52874eb94acefa7e31b4aab72baf23f76cd911ff 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-plugin.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-plugin.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "event-parse.h"
 #include "event-utils.h"
 
-#define LOCAL_PLUGIN_DIR ".traceevent/plugins"
+#define LOCAL_PLUGIN_DIR ".local/lib/traceevent/plugins/"
 
 static struct registered_plugin_options {
 	struct registered_plugin_options	*next;