diff --git a/astronaut/astronaut b/astronaut/astronaut
index 98f025b..0af3e50 100755
--- a/astronaut/astronaut
+++ b/astronaut/astronaut
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dir_bin='bin'
 dir_sbin='sbin'
 dir_libexec='libexec'
 dir_sysconf='etc'
+dir_localstate='var'
 dir_lib='lib'
 dir_include='include'
 dir_data='share'
diff --git a/satellites/functions/compile/cmake.sh b/satellites/functions/compile/cmake.sh
index 3a7318b..f1d2e6f 100644
--- a/satellites/functions/compile/cmake.sh
+++ b/satellites/functions/compile/cmake.sh
@@ -22,21 +22,23 @@ compile_cmake() {
         'Ninja') local make="ninja $NINJAFLAGS" ;;
     esac
 
+    # https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/blob/master/Modules/GNUInstallDirs.cmake
     mkdir -p "$builddir"; cd "$builddir"
     cmake "$olddir" -G "$generator" \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/$dir_prefix" \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sysconf" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_bin" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SBINDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sbin" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_libexec" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sysconf" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_localstate" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_lib" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_include" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_data" \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_MANDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_man" \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DOCDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_doc/$name" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INFODIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_info" \
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALEDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_locale" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_MANDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_man" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DOCDIR="/$dir_prefix/$dir_doc/$name" \
         "$@"
 
     $make
diff --git a/satellites/functions/compile/configure.sh b/satellites/functions/compile/configure.sh
index 0a65a50..c1ca72f 100644
--- a/satellites/functions/compile/configure.sh
+++ b/satellites/functions/compile/configure.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ compile_configure() {
         --sbindir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sbin" \
         --libexecdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_libexec" \
         --sysconfdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sysconf" \
+        --localstatedir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_localstate" \
         --libdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_lib" \
         --includedir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_include" \
         --datadir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_data" \
diff --git a/satellites/functions/compile/meson.sh b/satellites/functions/compile/meson.sh
index 7e9a9e0..d812423 100644
--- a/satellites/functions/compile/meson.sh
+++ b/satellites/functions/compile/meson.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ compile_meson() {
         --infodir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_info" \
         --localedir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_locale" \
         --sysconfdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sysconf" \
+        --localstatedir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_localstate" \
         "$@"
 
     ninja $NINJAFLAGS