diff --git coreutils-9.9/lib/tmpdir.c coreutils-9.9/lib/tmpdir.c
index db1f1e4..36a8541 100644
--- coreutils-9.9/lib/tmpdir.c
+++ coreutils-9.9/lib/tmpdir.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # ifdef _P_tmpdir /* native Windows */
 #  define P_tmpdir _P_tmpdir
 # else
-#  define P_tmpdir "/tmp"
+#  define P_tmpdir "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp"
 # endif
 #endif
 
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ path_search (char *tmpl, size_t tmpl_len, const char *dir, const char *pfx,
 #endif
       if (direxists (P_tmpdir))
         dir = P_tmpdir;
-      else if (strcmp (P_tmpdir, "/tmp") != 0 && direxists ("/tmp"))
-        dir = "/tmp";
+      else if (strcmp (P_tmpdir, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp") != 0 && direxists ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp"))
+        dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
       else
         {
           __set_errno (ENOENT);
diff --git coreutils-9.9/src/mktemp.c coreutils-9.9/src/mktemp.c
index 706c651..4004876 100644
--- coreutils-9.9/src/mktemp.c
+++ coreutils-9.9/src/mktemp.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -p DIR, --tmpdir[=DIR]  interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR; if DIR is not\n\
-                        specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp.  With\n\
+                        specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else @TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp.  With\n\
                         this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name;\n\
                         unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but\n\
                         mktemp creates only the final component\n\
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Files are created u+rw, and directories u+rwx, minus umask restrictions.\n\
       fputs (_("\
   -t                  interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component,\n\
                         relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the\n\
-                        directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated]\n\
+                        directory specified via -p; else @TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp [deprecated]\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           else if (dest_dir_arg && *dest_dir_arg)
             dest_dir = dest_dir_arg;
           else
-            dest_dir = "/tmp";
+            dest_dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
 
           if (last_component (template) != template)
             error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           else
             {
               char *env = getenv ("TMPDIR");
-              dest_dir = (env && *env ? env : "/tmp");
+              dest_dir = (env && *env ? env : "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp");
             }
           if (IS_ABSOLUTE_FILE_NAME (template))
             error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
diff --git coreutils-9.9/src/sort.c coreutils-9.9/src/sort.c
index 05d00cc..dec6516 100644
--- coreutils-9.9/src/sort.c
+++ coreutils-9.9/src/sort.c
@@ -93,9 +93,7 @@ struct rlimit { size_t rlim_cur; };
 
 #define UCHAR_LIM (UCHAR_MAX + 1)
 
-#ifndef DEFAULT_TMPDIR
-# define DEFAULT_TMPDIR "/tmp"
-#endif
+#define DEFAULT_TMPDIR "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp"
 
 /* Maximum number of lines to merge every time a NODE is taken from
    the merge queue.  Node is at LEVEL in the binary merge tree,
diff --git coreutils-9.9/src/split.c coreutils-9.9/src/split.c
index 3d15091..eea9cbd 100644
--- coreutils-9.9/src/split.c
+++ coreutils-9.9/src/split.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ create (char const *name)
 
       char const *shell_prog = getenv ("SHELL");
       if (shell_prog == nullptr)
-        shell_prog = "/bin/sh";
+        shell_prog = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh";
       char const *const argv[] = { last_component (shell_prog), "-c",
                                    filter_command, nullptr };