diff --git a/PyInstaller/configure.py b/PyInstaller/configure.py
index 530ff8ad4cb..e56350f547b 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/configure.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/configure.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _get_pyinst_cache_dir():
     if compat.getenv('PYINSTALLER_CONFIG_DIR'):
         cache_dir = compat.getenv('PYINSTALLER_CONFIG_DIR')
     elif is_win:
-        cache_dir = compat.getenv('APPDATA')
+        cache_dir = compat.getenv('LOCALAPPDATA')
         if not cache_dir:
             cache_dir = os.path.expanduser('~\\Application Data')
     elif is_darwin: