diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild-koji.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild-koji.go
index f7d2d26fb5..545546bfad 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild-koji.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild-koji.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 type OSBuildKojiJobImpl struct {
 	Store       string
+	Output      string
 	KojiServers map[string]koji.GSSAPICredentials
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func (impl *OSBuildKojiJobImpl) kojiUpload(file *os.File, server, directory, fil
 }
 
 func (impl *OSBuildKojiJobImpl) Run(job worker.Job) error {
-	outputDirectory, err := ioutil.TempDir("/var/tmp", "osbuild-worker-*")
+	outputDirectory, err := ioutil.TempDir(impl.Output, job.Id().String()+"-*")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating temporary output directory: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go
index 512e559df9..c6f0e1e85a 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/jobimpl-osbuild.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 type OSBuildJobImpl struct {
 	Store       string
+	Output      string
 	KojiServers map[string]koji.GSSAPICredentials
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func osbuildStagesToRPMs(stages []osbuild.StageResult) []koji.RPM {
 }
 
 func (impl *OSBuildJobImpl) Run(job worker.Job) error {
-	outputDirectory, err := ioutil.TempDir("/var/tmp", "osbuild-worker-*")
+	outputDirectory, err := ioutil.TempDir(impl.Output, job.Id().String()+"-*")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating temporary output directory: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ func (impl *OSBuildJobImpl) Run(job worker.Job) error {
 				Datastore:  options.Datastore,
 			}
 
-			tempDirectory, err := ioutil.TempDir("/var/tmp", "osbuild-worker-vmware-*")
+			tempDirectory, err := ioutil.TempDir(impl.Output, job.Id().String()+"-vmware-*")
 			if err != nil {
 				r = append(r, err)
 				continue
diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-worker/main.go b/cmd/osbuild-worker/main.go
index 578f77c7c8..62907ce812 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-worker/main.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-worker/main.go
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal("CACHE_DIRECTORY is not set. Is the service file missing CacheDirectory=?")
 	}
 	store := path.Join(cacheDirectory, "osbuild-store")
+	output := path.Join(cacheDirectory, "output")
+	_ = os.Mkdir(output, os.ModeDir)
 
 	kojiServers := make(map[string]koji.GSSAPICredentials)
 	for server, creds := range config.KojiServers {
@@ -152,10 +154,12 @@ func main() {
 	jobImpls := map[string]JobImplementation{
 		"osbuild": &OSBuildJobImpl{
 			Store:       store,
+			Output:      output,
 			KojiServers: kojiServers,
 		},
 		"osbuild-koji": &OSBuildKojiJobImpl{
 			Store:       store,
+			Output:      output,
 			KojiServers: kojiServers,
 		},
 		"koji-init": &KojiInitJobImpl{