diff --git a/src/solidlsp/ls.py b/src/solidlsp/ls.py
index b2c74b3c..2de9cd20 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/ls.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/ls.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class SolidLanguageServer(ABC):
     It is used to communicate with Language Servers of different programming languages.
     """
 
+    CACHE_FOLDER_NAME = "cache"
+
     # To be overridden and extended by subclasses
     def is_ignored_dirname(self, dirname: str) -> bool:
         """
@@ -1640,7 +1642,13 @@ class SolidLanguageServer(ABC):
         """
         The path to the cache file for the document symbols.
         """
-        return Path(self.repository_root_path) / ".serena" / "cache" / self.language_id / "document_symbols_cache_v23-06-25.pkl"
+        return (
+            Path(self.repository_root_path)
+            / self._solidlsp_settings.project_data_relative_path
+            / self.CACHE_FOLDER_NAME
+            / self.language_id
+            / "document_symbols_cache_v23-06-25.pkl"
+        )
 
     def save_cache(self):
         with self._cache_lock:
diff --git a/src/solidlsp/settings.py b/src/solidlsp/settings.py
index 0b956bff..73acd2d6 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/settings.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/settings.py
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 @dataclass
 class SolidLSPSettings:
     solidlsp_dir: str = str(pathlib.Path.home() / ".solidlsp")
+    """
+    Path to the directory in which to store global Solid-LSP data (which is not project-specific)
+    """
+    project_data_relative_path: str = ".solidlsp"
+    """
+    Relative path within each project directory where Solid-LSP can store project-specific data, e.g. cache files.
+    For instance, if this is ".solidlsp" and the project is located at "/home/user/myproject",
+    then Solid-LSP will store project-specific data in "/home/user/myproject/.solidlsp".
+    """
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         os.makedirs(str(self.solidlsp_dir), exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 849af543..1ef2501c 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 from sensai.util.logging import configure
 
-from serena.constants import SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_IN_HOME
+from serena.constants import SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_IN_HOME, SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_NAME
 from serena.project import Project
 from serena.util.file_system import GitignoreParser
 from solidlsp.ls import SolidLanguageServer
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ def create_ls(
     config = LanguageServerConfig(code_language=language, ignored_paths=ignored_paths, trace_lsp_communication=trace_lsp_communication)
     logger = LanguageServerLogger(log_level=log_level)
     return SolidLanguageServer.create(
-        config, logger, repo_path, solidlsp_settings=SolidLSPSettings(solidlsp_dir=SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_IN_HOME)
+        config,
+        logger,
+        repo_path,
+        solidlsp_settings=SolidLSPSettings(solidlsp_dir=SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_IN_HOME, project_data_relative_path=SERENA_MANAGED_DIR_NAME),
     )