--- a/tools/shell/shell.cpp
+++ b/tools/shell/shell.cpp
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 			zTemp = "\\tmp";
 #else
-			zTemp = "/tmp";
+			zTemp = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
 #endif
 		}
 		zTempFile = sqlite3_mprintf("%s/temp%llx.%s", zTemp, r, zSuffix);