diff --git a/manifests/server/conf.pp b/manifests/server/conf.pp
index 14fcbc1fc..77455220d 100644
--- a/manifests/server/conf.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/conf.pp
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
   $hostname               = undef,
   $server_id              = undef,
   $version                = undef,
-  $dump_file              = '/var/named/data/cache_dump.db',
-  $statistics_file        = '/var/named/data/named_stats.txt',
-  $memstatistics_file     = '/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt',
+  $dump_file              = "${directory}/data/cache_dump.db",
+  $statistics_file        = "${directory}/data/named_stats.txt",
+  $memstatistics_file     = "${directory}/data/named_mem_stats.txt",
   $allow_query            = [ 'localhost' ],
   $allow_query_cache      = [],
   $recursion              = 'yes',