diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 1b6621b..fecf8d3 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ When reproducing issues, you can use this emacs -Q recipe.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes
 (setq user-emacs-directory "~/.emacs.1.d")
+(setq package-user-dir
+      (format "%selpa/%s/" user-emacs-directory emacs-major-version))
 
 (setq package-enable-at-startup nil
       package-archives