diff --git a/.pam_environment b/.pam_environment
index 94acce6..3734386 100644
--- a/.pam_environment
+++ b/.pam_environment
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ NODE_REPL_HISTORY	DEFAULT=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/node_repl_history
 
 # npm
 NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG	DEFAULT=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/npm/npmrc
+# nvm
+NVM_DIR			DEFAULT=${XDG_DATA_HOME}/nvm
 
 # ruby bundler
 BUNDLE_USER_CONFIG	DEFAULT=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/bundle