diff --git a/puppet/templates/passenger-httpd.conf.erb b/puppet/templates/passenger-httpd.conf.erb
index 44be66e..4231914 100644
--- a/puppet/templates/passenger-httpd.conf.erb
+++ b/puppet/templates/passenger-httpd.conf.erb
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Listen 8140
   PassengerGroup puppet
   PassengerHighPerformance On
   PassengerMaxRequests 1000
+  PassengerTempDir /var/run/passenger
   DocumentRoot /var/lib/passenger/puppet/public
   <Directory "/var/lib/passenger/puppet">
       Options None