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diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index 4268ad1111..527b4c495d 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
(number->string disk-image-size)))
(mkdir "xchg")
+ (mkdir "tmp")
(match references-graphs
((graph-files ...)
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
"-virtfs"
(string-append "local,id=xchg_dev,path=xchg"
",security_model=none,mount_tag=xchg")
+ "-virtfs"
+ ;; Some programs require more space in /tmp than is normally
+ ;; available in the guest. Accommodate such programs by sharing a
+ ;; temporary directory.
+ (string-append "local,id=tmp_dev,path=tmp"
+ ",security_model=none,mount_tag=tmp")
"-kernel" linux
"-initrd" initrd
(append