diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/files/portage-tmpdir.conf b/sys-apps/portage/files/portage-tmpdir.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..63a9bcf070976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/files/portage-tmpdir.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/tmp/portage 0775 portage portage
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.38.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.38.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.38.1.ebuild
rename to sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.38.1-r1.ebuild
index 63140095cfca9..f7e3c208d20da 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.38.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.38.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ python_install_all() {
 		esetup.py "${targets[@]}"
 	fi
 
-	dotmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/portage-ccache.conf
+	dotmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/portage-{ccache,tmpdir}.conf
 
 	# Due to distutils/python-exec limitations
 	# these must be installed to /usr/bin.
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild
index f134a27fd88ea..cd92c9d2da5db 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ python_install_all() {
 		esetup.py "${targets[@]}"
 	fi
 
-	dotmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/portage-ccache.conf
+	dotmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/portage-{ccache,tmpdir}.conf
 
 	# Due to distutils/python-exec limitations
 	# these must be installed to /usr/bin.