diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publish-root-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publish-root-conventions.gradle.kts
index 9d1f22e560b..d31e0d41bcc 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publish-root-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publish-root-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -70,4 +70,8 @@ tasks.runIde {
     systemProperty("ide.plugins.snapshot.on.unload.fail", true)
     systemProperty("memory.snapshots.path", project.rootDir)
     systemProperty("idea.auto.reload.plugins", false)
+
+    val home = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("USER_HOME").get()
+    systemProperty("user.home", home)
+    environment("HOME", home)
 }