diff --git a/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_template.py b/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_template.py
index 7c87e0d3..8a0c824a 100644
--- a/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_template.py
+++ b/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_template.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX = 'qubes-template-'
 CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(xdg.BaseDirectory.xdg_cache_home, 'qvm-template')
 UNVERIFIED_SUFFIX = '.unverified'
-LOCK_FILE = '/var/tmp/qvm-template.lck'
+LOCK_FILE = '/run/qubes/qvm-template.lock'
 DATE_FMT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
 TAR_HEADER_BYTES = 512
 WRAPPER_PAYLOAD_BEGIN = "###!Q!BEGIN-QUBES-WRAPPER!Q!###"