diff --git a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
index cb3f9f19aec..e95fc7553c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'pulseaudio'
 pkgname=pulseaudio
 version=12.2
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-oss-output --disable-oss-wrapper --disable-tcpwrap
  --enable-jack --disable-lirc --disable-hal-compat --disable-gconf --enable-orc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ checksum=809668ffc296043779c984f53461c2b3987a45b7a25eb2f0a1d11d9f23ba4055
 system_groups="pulse-access"
 system_accounts="pulse"
 pulse_groups="audio"
-pulse_homedir="/var/run/pulse"
+pulse_homedir="/var/empty"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" glib"