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diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index b61ff2477d..34a5e6c971 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -600,8 +600,9 @@ REPLACEMENT."
"Call PROC with a name of a temporary file and open output port to that
file; close the file and delete it when leaving the dynamic extent of this
call."
- (let* ((template (string-copy "guix-file.XXXXXX"))
- (out (mkstemp! template)))
+ (let* ((directory (or (getenv "TMPDIR") "/tmp"))
+ (template (string-append directory "/guix-file.XXXXXX"))
+ (out (mkstemp! template)))
(dynamic-wind
(lambda ()
#t)