diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index ef2b6023a6..537a550f8c 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ include packagehandling
 
 proc getOsCacheDir(): string =
   when defined(posix):
-    result = string getEnv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", getHomeDir() / ".cache")
+    result = getEnv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", getHomeDir() / ".cache") / "nim"
   else:
     result = getHomeDir() / genSubDir
 
diff --git a/doc/nimc.rst b/doc/nimc.rst
index fca5b273cf..a33be39e6d 100644
--- a/doc/nimc.rst
+++ b/doc/nimc.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Generated C code directory
 The generated files that Nim produces all go into a subdirectory called
 ``nimcache``. Its full path is
 
-- ``$XDG_CACHE_HOME/$projectname(_r|_d)`` or ``~/.cache/$projectname(_r|_d)``
+- ``$XDG_CACHE_HOME/nim/$projectname(_r|_d)`` or ``~/.cache/nim/$projectname(_r|_d)``
   on Posix
 - ``$HOME/nimcache/$projectname(_r|_d)`` on Windows.