diff --git a/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in b/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in
index 5be5e06c40..1d83da00ca 100644
--- a/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in
+++ b/development/cygwin/lyxrc.dist.in
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ Format 22
 \screen_font_sans "Arial"
 \screen_font_typewriter "Courier New"
 \preview_scale_factor 1.0
-\serverpipe "$$UserDir/lyxpipe"
+\serverpipe "~/.lyx@version_suffix@/lyxpipe"
 \path_prefix "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"