diff --git a/PyInstaller/configure.py b/PyInstaller/configure.py
index 530ff8ad4c..e56350f547 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:
diff --git a/news/5537.bugfix.rst b/news/5537.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc1e5131c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5537.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+(Windows) Change default cache directory to ``LOCALAPPDATA``
+(from the original ``APPDATA``).
+This is to make sure that cached data
+doesn't get synced with the roaming profile.
+For this and future versions ``AppData\Roaming\pyinstaller``
+might be safely deleted.
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