diff --git a/varnish/defaults/main.yml b/varnish/defaults/main.yml
index fd22bfe2..2675e7b1 100644
--- a/varnish/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/varnish/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 
+varnish_user: vcache
+varnish_group: varnish
+
 varnish_addresses:
   - 0.0.0.0:80
 
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ varnish_thread_pools: "{{ ansible_processor_cores * ansible_processor_count }}"
 varnish_thread_pool_add_delay: 0
 varnish_thread_pool_min: 500
 varnish_thread_pool_max: 5000
-varnish_jail: "unix,user=vcache"
+varnish_jail: "unix,user={{ varnish_user }}"
 
 varnish_config_file: /etc/varnish/default.vcl
 varnish_secret_file: /etc/varnish/secret
diff --git a/varnish/tasks/main.yml b/varnish/tasks/main.yml
index 46ee965b..478b198c 100644
--- a/varnish/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/varnish/tasks/main.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@
     - varnish
     - logrotate
 
+- name: Special tmp directory for config validations
+  file:
+    path: /var/tmp-vcache
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+    owner: "{{ varnish_user }}"
+    group: "{{ varnish_group }}"
+  tags:
+    - varnish
+    - config
+
 - name: Create Varnish config dir
   file:
     path: /etc/varnish/conf.d
@@ -117,7 +128,7 @@
     dest: "{{ varnish_config_file }}"
     mode: "0644"
     force: yes
-    validate: "varnishd -Cf %s > /dev/null"
+    validate: "sudo -u {{ varnish_user }} TMPDIR=/var/tmp-vcache varnishd -Cf %s > /dev/null"
   loop: "{{ query('first_found', templates) }}"
   vars:
     templates: