--- a/apps/mosquitto_passwd/mosquitto_passwd.c
+++ b/apps/mosquitto_passwd/mosquitto_passwd.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 static char unsigned alphanum[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
 
-static unsigned char tmpfile_path[36];
+static unsigned char tmpfile_path[36 + strlen("@TERMUX_PREFIX@")];
 
 
 static FILE *mpw_tmpfile(void)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	strcpy((char *)tmpfile_path, "/tmp/");
+	strcpy((char *)tmpfile_path, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/");
 
 	for(i=strlen((char *)tmpfile_path); i<sizeof(tmpfile_path)-8; i++){
 		tmpfile_path[i] = alphanum[tmpfile_path[i]%(sizeof(alphanum)-1)];