diff --git a/package/nginx/S50nginx b/package/nginx/S50nginx
index 964652b922..6c243f40b3 100644
--- a/package/nginx/S50nginx
+++ b/package/nginx/S50nginx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PIDFILE=/var/run/nginx.pid
 case "$1" in
   start)
 	echo "Starting nginx..."
-	mkdir -p /var/log/nginx /var/tmp/nginx
+	mkdir -p /var/log/nginx /var/cache/nginx
 	start-stop-daemon -S -x "$NGINX" -p "$PIDFILE"
 	;;
   stop)
diff --git a/package/nginx/nginx.mk b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
index 00fb147682..fb06108ab3 100644
--- a/package/nginx/nginx.mk
+++ b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ NGINX_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--group=www-data \
 	--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
 	--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
-	--http-client-body-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/client-body \
-	--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/proxy \
-	--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/fastcgi \
-	--http-scgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/scgi \
-	--http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/uwsgi
+	--http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client-body \
+	--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy \
+	--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi \
+	--http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi \
+	--http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi
 
 NGINX_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NGINX_FILE_AIO),--with-file-aio) \
diff --git a/package/nginx/nginx.service b/package/nginx/nginx.service
index f203cecdc0..11ccd62237 100644
--- a/package/nginx/nginx.service
+++ b/package/nginx/nginx.service
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
+LogsDirectory=nginx
+CacheDirectory=nginx
 PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/nginx /var/tmp/nginx
 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g 'daemon on; master_process on;'
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;'
 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g 'daemon on; master_process on;' -s reload