--- a/src/tools/pathTools.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/pathTools.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
   _wmkdir(ctmp);
   return WideToUtf8(ctmp);
 #else
-  char _template_array[] = {"/tmp/libkiwix_XXXXXX"};
+  char _template_array[] = {"@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/libkiwix_XXXXXX"};
   std::string dir = mkdtemp(_template_array);
   return dir;
 #endif