diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 671b715..31a36d4 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@
 	{
 		enforceUsage(app_args.length == 0, "Unexpected application arguments.");
 		enforceUsage(free_args.length == 3, "Expected three arguments, not "~free_args.length.to!string);
-		auto scope_ = m_system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user;
+		auto scope_ = m_system ? PlacementLocation.system : PlacementLocation.user;
 		auto pack = free_args[0];
 		auto ver = Dependency(free_args[1]);
 		if (existsFile(NativePath(free_args[2]))) {
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@
 	{
 		enforceUsage(app_args.length == 0, "Unexpected application arguments.");
 		enforceUsage(free_args.length == 2, "Expected two arguments, not "~free_args.length.to!string);
-		auto scope_ = m_system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user;
+		auto scope_ = m_system ? PlacementLocation.system : PlacementLocation.user;
 		dub.packageManager.removeOverride(scope_, free_args[0], Dependency(free_args[1]));
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2260,8 +2260,8 @@
 				else logInfo("%s %s => %s", ovr.package_, ovr.version_, ovr.targetVersion);
 			}
 		}
-		printList(dub.packageManager.getOverrides(LocalPackageType.user), "User wide overrides");
-		printList(dub.packageManager.getOverrides(LocalPackageType.system), "System wide overrides");
+		printList(dub.packageManager.getOverrides(PlacementLocation.user), "User wide overrides");
+		printList(dub.packageManager.getOverrides(PlacementLocation.system), "System wide overrides");
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 8e36e87..5d1efa2 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@
 	void addLocalPackage(string path, string ver, bool system)
 	{
 		if (m_dryRun) return;
-		m_packageManager.addLocalPackage(makeAbsolute(path), ver, system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user);
+		m_packageManager.addLocalPackage(makeAbsolute(path), ver, system ? PlacementLocation.system : PlacementLocation.user);
 	}
 
 	/** Removes a directory from the list of locally known packages.
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
 	void removeLocalPackage(string path, bool system)
 	{
 		if (m_dryRun) return;
-		m_packageManager.removeLocalPackage(makeAbsolute(path), system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user);
+		m_packageManager.removeLocalPackage(makeAbsolute(path), system ? PlacementLocation.system : PlacementLocation.user);
 	}
 
 	/** Registers a local directory to search for packages to use for satisfying
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
 	void addSearchPath(string path, bool system)
 	{
 		if (m_dryRun) return;
-		m_packageManager.addSearchPath(makeAbsolute(path), system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user);
+		m_packageManager.addSearchPath(makeAbsolute(path), system ? PlacementLocation.system : PlacementLocation.user);
 	}
 
 	/** Unregisters a local directory search path.
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
 	void removeSearchPath(string path, bool system)
 	{
 		if (m_dryRun) return;
-		m_packageManager.removeSearchPath(makeAbsolute(path), system ? LocalPackageType.system : LocalPackageType.user);
+		m_packageManager.removeSearchPath(makeAbsolute(path), system ? PlacementLocation.system : PlacementLocation.user);
 	}
 
 	/** Queries all package suppliers with the given query string.
diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index 4e1464d..558d07f 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		import std.algorithm.iteration : map;
 		import std.array : array;
 
-		m_repositories.length = LocalPackageType.max+1;
+		m_repositories.length = PlacementLocation.max+1;
 		m_repositories ~= custom_cache_paths.map!(p => Repository(p)).array;
 
 		refresh(false);
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 
 		string gitReference = versionSpec.chompPrefix("~");
 		NativePath destination = getPackagePath(
-			m_repositories[LocalPackageType.user].packagePath,
+			m_repositories[PlacementLocation.user].packagePath,
 			name, versionSpec);
 		// For libraries leaking their import path
 		destination ~= name;
@@ -475,20 +475,20 @@
 
 	/** Returns a list of all package overrides for the given scope.
 	*/
-	const(PackageOverride)[] getOverrides(LocalPackageType scope_)
+	const(PackageOverride)[] getOverrides(PlacementLocation scope_)
 	const {
 		return m_repositories[scope_].overrides;
 	}
 
 	/** Adds a new override for the given package.
 	*/
-	void addOverride(LocalPackageType scope_, string package_, Dependency version_spec, Version target)
+	void addOverride(PlacementLocation scope_, string package_, Dependency version_spec, Version target)
 	{
 		m_repositories[scope_].overrides ~= PackageOverride(package_, version_spec, target);
 		writeLocalPackageOverridesFile(scope_);
 	}
 	/// ditto
-	void addOverride(LocalPackageType scope_, string package_, Dependency version_spec, NativePath target)
+	void addOverride(PlacementLocation scope_, string package_, Dependency version_spec, NativePath target)
 	{
 		m_repositories[scope_].overrides ~= PackageOverride(package_, version_spec, target);
 		writeLocalPackageOverridesFile(scope_);
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 
 	/** Removes an existing package override.
 	*/
-	void removeOverride(LocalPackageType scope_, string package_, Dependency version_spec)
+	void removeOverride(PlacementLocation scope_, string package_, Dependency version_spec)
 	{
 		Repository* rep = &m_repositories[scope_];
 		foreach (i, ovr; rep.overrides) {
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
 		remove(pack);
 	}
 
-	Package addLocalPackage(NativePath path, string verName, LocalPackageType type)
+	Package addLocalPackage(NativePath path, string verName, PlacementLocation type)
 	{
 		path.endsWithSlash = true;
 		auto pack = Package.load(path);
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
 		return pack;
 	}
 
-	void removeLocalPackage(NativePath path, LocalPackageType type)
+	void removeLocalPackage(NativePath path, PlacementLocation type)
 	{
 		path.endsWithSlash = true;
 
@@ -693,14 +693,14 @@
 	}
 
 	/// For the given type add another path where packages will be looked up.
-	void addSearchPath(NativePath path, LocalPackageType type)
+	void addSearchPath(NativePath path, PlacementLocation type)
 	{
 		m_repositories[type].searchPath ~= path;
 		writeLocalPackageList(type);
 	}
 
 	/// Removes a search path from the given type.
-	void removeSearchPath(NativePath path, LocalPackageType type)
+	void removeSearchPath(NativePath path, PlacementLocation type)
 	{
 		m_repositories[type].searchPath = m_repositories[type].searchPath.filter!(p => p != path)().array();
 		writeLocalPackageList(type);
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
 		logDiagnostic("Refreshing local packages (refresh existing: %s)...", refresh_existing_packages);
 
 		// load locally defined packages
-		void scanLocalPackages(LocalPackageType type)
+		void scanLocalPackages(PlacementLocation type)
 		{
 			NativePath list_path = m_repositories[type].packagePath;
 			Package[] packs;
@@ -770,9 +770,9 @@
 		}
 		if (!m_disableDefaultSearchPaths)
 		{
-			scanLocalPackages(LocalPackageType.system);
-			scanLocalPackages(LocalPackageType.user);
-			scanLocalPackages(LocalPackageType.package_);
+			scanLocalPackages(PlacementLocation.system);
+			scanLocalPackages(PlacementLocation.user);
+			scanLocalPackages(PlacementLocation.local);
 		}
 
 		auto old_packages = m_packages;
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 		foreach (p; this.completeSearchPath)
 			scanPackageFolder(p);
 
-		void loadOverrides(LocalPackageType type)
+		void loadOverrides(PlacementLocation type)
 		{
 			m_repositories[type].overrides = null;
 			auto ovrfilepath = m_repositories[type].packagePath ~ LocalOverridesFilename;
@@ -842,9 +842,9 @@
 		}
 		if (!m_disableDefaultSearchPaths)
 		{
-			loadOverrides(LocalPackageType.package_);
-			loadOverrides(LocalPackageType.user);
-			loadOverrides(LocalPackageType.system);
+			loadOverrides(PlacementLocation.local);
+			loadOverrides(PlacementLocation.user);
+			loadOverrides(PlacementLocation.system);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@
 		return hash[].dup;
 	}
 
-	private void writeLocalPackageList(LocalPackageType type)
+	private void writeLocalPackageList(PlacementLocation type)
 	{
 		Json[] newlist;
 		foreach (p; m_repositories[type].searchPath) {
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@
 		writeJsonFile(path ~ LocalPackagesFilename, Json(newlist));
 	}
 
-	private void writeLocalPackageOverridesFile(LocalPackageType type)
+	private void writeLocalPackageOverridesFile(PlacementLocation type)
 	{
 		Json[] newlist;
 		foreach (ovr; m_repositories[type].overrides) {
@@ -975,10 +975,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
-enum LocalPackageType {
-	package_,
-	user,
-	system
+deprecated("Use `PlacementLocation` instead")
+enum LocalPackageType : PlacementLocation {
+	package_ = PlacementLocation.local,
+	user     = PlacementLocation.user,
+	system   = PlacementLocation.system,
 }
 
 private enum LocalPackagesFilename = "local-packages.json";