diff --git a/hooks/Makefile.am.m4 b/hooks/Makefile.am.m4
index 5c46d22..a32565a 100644
--- a/hooks/Makefile.am.m4
+++ b/hooks/Makefile.am.m4
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in Makefile.am
 CLEANFILES = *~ gmon.out *.gcov *.gcno *.gcda .keep
 SUBDIRS = . demos

-installvarlibpaludisnewsdir = $(localstatedir)/paludis/news
+installvarlibpaludisnewsdir = $(localstatedir)/gentoo/news

 installhookcommonprogdir = $(libexecdir)/paludis/hooks/common
 installhookinstallallpostdir = $(libexecdir)/paludis/hooks/install_all_post

diff --git a/hooks/news_TEST_setup.sh b/hooks/news_TEST_setup.sh
index ceccb99..c895b1c 100755
--- a/hooks/news_TEST_setup.sh
+++ b/hooks/news_TEST_setup.sh
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ names_cache = /var/empty
 profiles = \${location}/profiles/testprofile
 END
 
-mkdir -p var/lib/paludis/news
-cat <<END > var/lib/paludis/news/news-one.read
+mkdir -p var/lib/gentoo/news
+cat <<END > var/lib/gentoo/news/news-one.read
 END
-cat <<END > var/lib/paludis/news/news-one.unread
+cat <<END > var/lib/gentoo/news/news-one.unread
 END
-cat <<END > var/lib/paludis/news/news-two.read
+cat <<END > var/lib/gentoo/news/news-two.read
 END
-cat <<END > var/lib/paludis/news/news-two.unread
+cat <<END > var/lib/gentoo/news/news-two.unread
 monkey
 END
 
diff --git a/paludis/repositories/e/e_repository_news.cc b/paludis/repositories/e/e_repository_news.cc
index 9ebd737..6b25a74 100644
--- a/paludis/repositories/e/e_repository_news.cc
+++ b/paludis/repositories/e/e_repository_news.cc
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ namespace paludis
             environment(e),
             e_repository(p),
             params(k),
-            skip_file(e->root() / "var" / "lib" / "paludis" / "news" /
+            skip_file(e->root() / "var" / "lib" / "gentoo" / "news" /
                     ("news-" + stringify(e_repository->name()) + ".skip")),
-            unread_file(e->root() / "var" / "lib" / "paludis" / "news" /
+            unread_file(e->root() / "var" / "lib" / "gentoo" / "news" /
                     ("news-" + stringify(e_repository->name()) + ".unread"))
         {
         }