diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2473976..470b905 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var os = require('os')
 var path = require('path')
 var pkgConf = require('pkg-conf')
 
-var HOME_OR_TMP = os.homedir() || os.tmpdir()
+var CACHE_HOME = require('xdg-basedir').cache || os.tmpdir()
 
 var DEFAULT_PATTERNS = [
   '**/*.js',
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ function Linter (opts) {
   var m = opts.version && opts.version.match(/^(\d+)\./)
   var majorVersion = (m && m[1]) || '0'
 
-  // Example cache location: .standard-v12-cache/
-  var cacheLocation = path.join(HOME_OR_TMP, `.${this.cmd}-v${majorVersion}-cache/`)
+  // Example cache location: ~/.cache/standard/v12/
+  var cacheLocation = path.join(CACHE_HOME, this.cmd, `v${majorVersion}/`)
 
   this.eslintConfig = Object.assign({
     cache: true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1260cc..9cabfe5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     "deglob": "^4.0.1",
     "get-stdin": "^7.0.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
-    "pkg-conf": "^3.1.0"
+    "pkg-conf": "^3.1.0",
+    "xdg-basedir": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-eslint": "^10.1.0",