diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 025b9ed..328c3c7 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ To use this feature, you need to use a client which supports communicating with
 OpenBSD implementation of netcat (nc) is one such example.
 You can use it to send a command to the socket file:
 
-    echo 'send echo hello world' | nc -U /tmp/lf.${USER}.sock
+    echo 'send echo hello world' | nc -U ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/lf.${USER}.sock
 
 Since such a client may not be available everywhere, lf comes bundled with a command line flag to be used as such.
 When using lf, you do not need to specify the address of the socket file.
diff --git a/docstring.go b/docstring.go
index ee72228..da8c0e5 100644
--- a/docstring.go
+++ b/docstring.go
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ To use this feature, you need to use a client which supports communicating
 with a UNIX-domain socket. OpenBSD implementation of netcat (nc) is one such
 example. You can use it to send a command to the socket file:
 
-    echo 'send echo hello world' | nc -U /tmp/lf.${USER}.sock
+    echo 'send echo hello world' | nc -U ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/lf.${USER}.sock
 
 Since such a client may not be available everywhere, lf comes bundled with a
 command line flag to be used as such. When using lf, you do not need to
diff --git a/lf.1 b/lf.1
index 8634236..c911493 100644
--- a/lf.1
+++ b/lf.1
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ One of the more advanced features in lf is remote commands. All clients connect
 To use this feature, you need to use a client which supports communicating with a UNIX-domain socket. OpenBSD implementation of netcat (nc) is one such example. You can use it to send a command to the socket file:
 .PP
 .EX
-    echo 'send echo hello world' | nc -U /tmp/lf.${USER}.sock
+    echo 'send echo hello world' | nc -U ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/lf.${USER}.sock
 .EE
 .PP
 Since such a client may not be available everywhere, lf comes bundled with a command line flag to be used as such. When using lf, you do not need to specify the address of the socket file. This is the recommended way of using remote commands since it is shorter and immune to socket file address changes:
diff --git a/os.go b/os.go
index 8db4b28..26623ae 100644
--- a/os.go
+++ b/os.go
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ func init() {
 	gMarksPath = filepath.Join(data, "lf", "marks")
 	gHistoryPath = filepath.Join(data, "lf", "history")
 
-	gDefaultSocketPath = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("lf.%s.sock", gUser.Username))
+	runtime := os.Getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+	if runtime == "" {
+		runtime = os.TempDir()
+	}
+
+	gDefaultSocketPath = filepath.Join(runtime, fmt.Sprintf("lf.%s.sock", gUser.Username))
 }
 
 func detachedCommand(name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {