diff --git a/devel/lua-language-server/files/lua-language-server.in b/devel/lua-language-server/files/lua-language-server.in
index 72278b6066af..1d0447160891 100644
--- a/devel/lua-language-server/files/lua-language-server.in
+++ b/devel/lua-language-server/files/lua-language-server.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-exec '%%DATADIR%%/bin/lua-language-server' "$@"
+TMPPATH=$(/usr/bin/mktemp -d '/tmp/lua-language-server.XXXXXX' || exit 1)
+
+exec '%%DATADIR%%/bin/lua-language-server' \
+    --logpath="${TMPPATH}/log" "$@"