diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
index 69aa5a10c0..3c12359366 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
 SECRET_KEY = 'NOT_SUITABLE_FOR_HOSTED_DEPLOYMENT'
 
+TMPDIR = os.environ.get('TOASTER_DJANGO_TMPDIR', '/tmp')
+
 class InvalidString(str):
     def __mod__(self, other):
         from django.template.base import TemplateSyntaxError
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ CACHES = {
     #        },
            'default': {
                'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
-               'LOCATION': '/tmp/toaster_cache_%d' % os.getuid(),
+               'LOCATION': '%s/toaster_cache_%d' % (TMPDIR, os.getuid()),
                'TIMEOUT': 1,
             }
           }
@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ for t in os.walk(os.path.dirname(currentdir)):
 LOGGING = LOGGING_SETTINGS
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
-BUILDDIR = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR", "/tmp")
+BUILDDIR = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR", TMPDIR)
 
 # LOG VIEWER
 # https://pypi.org/project/django-log-viewer/
@@ -325,7 +327,6 @@ LOG_VIEWER_PATTERNS = ['INFO', 'DEBUG', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
 # Optionally you can set the next variables in order to customize the admin:
 LOG_VIEWER_FILE_LIST_TITLE = "Logs list"
 
-
 if DEBUG and SQL_DEBUG:
     LOGGING['loggers']['django.db.backends'] = {
             'level': 'DEBUG',
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings_test.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings_test.py
index 6538d9e453..74def2d240 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings_test.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings_test.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': '/tmp/toaster-test-db.sqlite',
+        'NAME': '%s/toaster-test-db.sqlite' % TMPDIR,
         'TEST': {
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-            'NAME': '/tmp/toaster-test-db.sqlite',
+            'NAME': '%s/toaster-test-db.sqlite' % TMPDIR,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/tox.ini b/bitbake/lib/toaster/tox.ini
index 9928657106..1516a527ae 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/tox.ini
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/tox.ini
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ passenv = *
 passenv =
     SSTATE_DIR
     DL_DIR
+    TOASTER_DJANGO_TMPDIR
 setenv =
     DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=toastermain.settings_test
     TOASTER_BUILDSERVER=1