diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarball.sh b/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarball.sh
index de325120efc8..792071c129b9 100755
--- a/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarball.sh
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarball.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh -e
 
-distDir=/data/webserver/tarballs
+distDir=${NIX_TARBALLS_CACHE:-/tarballs}
 
 url="$1"
 file="$2"