diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/electron.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/electron.ts
index 3a1ece8f726be756773193bf3952c1983d54ee93..1f542fe07cc662604573b555716b50b4baa71a28 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/electron.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/electron.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import * as temp from './temp';
 import path = require('path');
 import fs = require('fs');
 import cp = require('child_process');
+import process = require('process');
 
 
 const getRootTempDir = (() => {
 	let dir: string | undefined;
 	return () => {
 		if (!dir) {
-			dir = temp.getTempFile(`vscode-typescript`);
+			dir = temp.getTempFile(`vscode-typescript${process.getuid ? process.getuid() : ''}`);
 		}
 		if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
 			fs.mkdirSync(dir);