diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
index a6aa59513d..0bb258e2b0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
@@ -37,5 +37,9 @@ FILES:${PN} += " \
 "
 
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
-USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system --no-create-home --user-group --shell /bin/false --home-dir ${localstatedir}  malcontent-timer-ext-agent;malcontent-timerd;malcontent-webd"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = " \
+    --system --no-create-home --user-group --shell /bin/false --home-dir ${localstatedir} malcontent-timer-ext-agent; \
+    --system --no-create-home --user-group --shell /bin/false --home-dir ${localstatedir}/lib/malcontent-timerd malcontent-timerd; \
+    --system --no-create-home --user-group --shell /bin/false --home-dir ${localstatedir}/lib/malcontent-webd malcontent-webd \
+"