diff --git a/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-run.mk b/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-run.mk
index eea9a00ca5..a30af51588 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-run.mk
+++ b/deps/rabbit_common/mk/rabbitmq-run.mk
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ node_mnesia_base = $(call node_tmpdir,$(1))/mnesia
 node_mnesia_dir = $(call node_mnesia_base,$(1))/$(1)
 node_schema_dir = $(call node_tmpdir,$(1))/schema
 node_plugins_expand_dir = $(call node_tmpdir,$(1))/plugins
+node_generated_config_dir = $(call node_tmpdir,$(1))/config
 node_enabled_plugins_file = $(call node_tmpdir,$(1))/enabled_plugins
 
 # Broker startup variables for the test environment.
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE ?= $(call node_mnesia_base,$(RABBITMQ_NODENAME_FOR_PATHS))
 RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR ?= $(call node_mnesia_dir,$(RABBITMQ_NODENAME_FOR_PATHS))
 RABBITMQ_SCHEMA_DIR ?= $(call node_schema_dir,$(RABBITMQ_NODENAME_FOR_PATHS))
 RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR ?= $(call node_plugins_expand_dir,$(RABBITMQ_NODENAME_FOR_PATHS))
+RABBITMQ_GENERATED_CONFIG_DIR ?= $(call node_generated_config_dir,$(RABBITMQ_NODENAME_FOR_PATHS))
 RABBITMQ_ENABLED_PLUGINS_FILE ?= $(call node_enabled_plugins_file,$(RABBITMQ_NODENAME_FOR_PATHS))
 
 # erlang.mk adds dependencies' ebin directory to ERL_LIBS. This is
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE="$(call node_log_base,$(2))" \
 RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE="$(call node_mnesia_base,$(2))" \
 RABBITMQ_MNESIA_DIR="$(call node_mnesia_dir,$(2))" \
 RABBITMQ_SCHEMA_DIR="$(call node_schema_dir,$(2))" \
+RABBITMQ_GENERATED_CONFIG_DIR="$(call node_generated_config_dir,$(2))" \
 RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_DIR="$(CURDIR)/$(DIST_DIR)" \
 RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR="$(call node_plugins_expand_dir,$(2))" \
 RABBITMQ_SERVER_START_ARGS="$(RABBITMQ_SERVER_START_ARGS)"
@@ -121,14 +124,16 @@ node-tmpdir:
 	$(verbose) mkdir -p $(RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE) \
 		$(RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE) \
 		$(RABBITMQ_SCHEMA_DIR) \
-		$(RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR)
+		$(RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR) \
+		$(RABBITMQ_GENERATED_CONFIG_DIR)
 
 virgin-node-tmpdir:
 	$(gen_verbose) rm -rf $(NODE_TMPDIR)
 	$(verbose) mkdir -p $(RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE) \
 		$(RABBITMQ_MNESIA_BASE) \
 		$(RABBITMQ_SCHEMA_DIR) \
-		$(RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR)
+		$(RABBITMQ_PLUGINS_EXPAND_DIR) \
+		$(RABBITMQ_GENERATED_CONFIG_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: test-tmpdir virgin-test-tmpdir node-tmpdir virgin-node-tmpdir