diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
index a6a282179..7050b403a 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ function _install_repos {
     TMPDIR=${temp_tmp} yumdownloader --verbose \
         --releasever=$DIB_RELEASE \
         --setopt=reposdir=$repo \
+        --setopt=cachedir=$temp_tmp \
         --destdir=$WORKING \
         ${packages} && rc=$? || rc=$?
     rm -rf ${temp_tmp}