diff --git a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
index c734921bf5ca3871adfe5f3f116022485e370582..014163d72b57ae1bc3b943fb9adbe780e81025d5 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ class apache2_plugin {
 			exec("chmod 711 ".escapeshellcmd($data["new"]["document_root"])."/*");
 			exec("chmod 710 ".escapeshellcmd($data["new"]["document_root"]."/web"));
 			
+			// make temp direcory writable for the apache user and the website user
+			exec("chmod 777 ".escapeshellcmd($data["new"]["document_root"]."/tmp"));
+			
 			$command = 'usermod';
 			$command .= ' --groups sshusers';
 			$command .= ' '.escapeshellcmd($data["new"]["system_user"]);