diff --git a/roles/epylog/files/merged/epylog.conf b/roles/epylog/files/merged/epylog.conf
index 6ca7321238..c8a618ecbd 100644
--- a/roles/epylog/files/merged/epylog.conf
+++ b/roles/epylog/files/merged/epylog.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 [main]
 cfgdir = /etc/epylog/merged
-tmpdir = /var/tmp
+tmpdir = /var/log/tmp
 vardir = /var/lib/epylog/merged
 
 [report]