diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e82fe7b..320c5eb6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Remove NodeInfo (in-memory-only) data structure, consolidating onto NodeConf. #916
 - Replace `defaults.conf` with settings on the default profile. #917
 - Switched from yaml.v2 to yaml.v3 #1462
+- Make OCIBlobCache a seperate path and point it to `/var/cache` #1459
 
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/Variables.mk b/Variables.mk
index 58a895e8..77c8f160 100644
--- a/Variables.mk
+++ b/Variables.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ SYSCONFDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/etc
 DATADIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share
 MANDIR ?= $(DATADIR)/man
 DOCDIR ?= $(DATADIR)/doc
+CACHEDIR ?= /var/cache
 
 ifeq ($(USE_LSB_PATHS),true)
   SRVDIR ?= /srv
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/buildconfig.go.in b/internal/pkg/config/buildconfig.go.in
index 0b1b3195..e0294117 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/buildconfig.go.in
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/buildconfig.go.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ type BuildConfig struct {
 	Bindir         string `default:"@BINDIR@"`
 	Sysconfdir     string `default:"@SYSCONFDIR@"`
 	Localstatedir  string `default:"@LOCALSTATEDIR@"`
+	Cachedir       string `default:"@CACHEDIR@"`
 	Ipxesource     string `default:"@IPXESOURCE@"`
 	Srvdir         string `default:"@SRVDIR@"`
 	Firewallddir   string `default:"@FIREWALLDDIR@"`
diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/root_test.go b/internal/pkg/config/root_test.go
index 4511e47d..7d185fdf 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/root_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/root_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ func TestDefaultRootConf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, conf.Warewulf.AutobuildOverlays)
 	assert.True(t, conf.Warewulf.EnableHostOverlay)
 	assert.False(t, conf.Warewulf.Syslog)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Warewulf.DataStore)
 
 	assert.True(t, conf.DHCP.Enabled)
 	assert.Equal(t, "default", conf.DHCP.Template)
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ func TestDefaultRootConf(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.Bindir)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.Sysconfdir)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Warewulf.DataStore)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.Localstatedir)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.Srvdir)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.Firewallddir)
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@ func TestDefaultRootConf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.WWChrootdir)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.WWProvisiondir)
 	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.WWClientdir)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, conf.Paths.Cachedir)
 }
 
 func TestInitializedFromFile(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go b/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
index e1ae82b0..80c7848e 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/container/imprt.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func ImportDocker(uri string, name string, sCtx *types.SystemContext) error {
-	OciBlobCacheDir := warewulfconf.Get().Warewulf.DataStore + "/oci"
+	OciBlobCacheDir := path.Join(warewulfconf.Get().Paths.Cachedir + "/warewulf")
 
 	err := os.MkdirAll(OciBlobCacheDir, 0755)
 	if err != nil {