diff --git a/board/mender/x86_64/post-build.sh b/board/mender/x86_64/post-build.sh
index 5e6967ebd1..9e909e9281 100755
--- a/board/mender/x86_64/post-build.sh
+++ b/board/mender/x86_64/post-build.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ mender_fixup() {
 main() {
     parse_args "${@}"
     mender_fixup
-    echo "device_type=${DEVICE_TYPE}" > "${TARGET_DIR}/var/lib/mender/device_type"
+    echo "device_type=${DEVICE_TYPE}" > "${TARGET_DIR}/etc/mender/device_type"
 }
 
 main "${@}"