diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index a49350854c..47a4ccd2bb 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
      (eval . (setq-local guix-directory
                          (locate-dominating-file default-directory
                                                  ".dir-locals.el")))
+
      ;; YASnippet
      (eval . (with-eval-after-load
                  'yasnippet
                (let ((guix-yasnippets
                       (expand-file-name
-                       "etc/snippets"
+                       "etc/snippets/yas"
                        (locate-dominating-file default-directory
                                                ".dir-locals.el"))))
                  (unless (member guix-yasnippets yas-snippet-dirs)