diff --git a/src/utils2.c b/src/utils2.c
index 3bacf8fae..d424e0e22 100644
--- a/src/utils2.c
+++ b/src/utils2.c
@@ -3308,7 +3308,14 @@ size_t   pathlen;
         dir = pathJoin(result, subdir);
     }
 #else
-    dir = pathJoin("/tmp", subdir);
+    {
+        char *tmpDir = getenv("TMPDIR");
+        if (tmpDir == NULL) {
+            tmpDir = "/tmp";
+        }
+        dir = pathJoin(tmpDir, subdir);
+    }
+    
 #endif /*  ~ OS_IOS */
 
 #ifndef _WIN32