diff --git a/admin/btop/Makefile b/admin/btop/Makefile
index 032986e3bd..98280a0c40 100644
--- a/admin/btop/Makefile
+++ b/admin/btop/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=btop
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=https://codeload.github.com/aristocratos/btop/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
diff --git a/admin/btop/patches/001-move-log-to-tmpfs.patch b/admin/btop/patches/001-move-log-to-tmpfs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..900e136d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/btop/patches/001-move-log-to-tmpfs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/src/btop_config.cpp
++++ b/src/btop_config.cpp
+@@ -800,10 +800,7 @@ namespace Config {
+ 			if (xdg_state_home_ptr != nullptr) {
+ 				xdg_state_home = std::make_optional(fs::path(xdg_state_home_ptr));
+ 			} else {
+-				const auto* home_ptr = std::getenv("HOME");
+-				if (home_ptr != nullptr) {
+-					xdg_state_home = std::make_optional(fs::path(home_ptr) / ".local" / "state");
+-				}
++				xdg_state_home = std::make_optional(fs::path("/tmp/log"));
+ 			}
+ 		}
+