diff --git a/tests/run.rb b/tests/run.rb
index 62d693a70..3dd28e175 100755
--- a/tests/run.rb
+++ b/tests/run.rb
@@ -90,5 +90,8 @@ EOHELP
   exit controller.num_failed > 0 ? 1 : 0
 end
 
-setup
-main
+Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+  $temp_dir = dir
+  setup
+  main
+end
diff --git a/tests/test.d/simple_test.rb b/tests/test.d/simple_test.rb
index fbd8834fd..09f4d405b 100644
--- a/tests/test.d/simple_test.rb
+++ b/tests/test.d/simple_test.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SimpleTest
   end
 
   def tmp_name_prefix
-    [ "/tmp/mkvtoolnix-auto-test-#{self.class.name}", $$.to_s, Thread.current[:number] ].join("-") + "-"
+    [ "#{$temp_dir}/mkvtoolnix-auto-test-#{self.class.name}", $$.to_s, Thread.current[:number] ].join("-") + "-"
   end
 
   def tmp_name
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class SimpleTest
   def unlink_tmp_files
     return if ENV["KEEP_TMPFILES"] == "1"
     re = %r{^#{self.tmp_name_prefix}}
-    Dir.entries("/tmp").each do |entry|
-      file = "/tmp/#{entry}"
+    Dir.entries($temp_dir).each do |entry|
+      file = "#{$temp_dir}/#{entry}"
       File.unlink(file) if re.match(file) and File.exists?(file)
     end
   end
diff --git a/tests/test.d/test.rb b/tests/test.d/test.rb
index 9620cbfe2..def4252bc 100644
--- a/tests/test.d/test.rb
+++ b/tests/test.d/test.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class Test
   def unlink_tmp_files
     return if (ENV["KEEP_TMPFILES"] == "1")
     re = /^#{self.tmp_name_prefix}/
-    Dir.entries("/tmp").each do |entry|
-      file = "/tmp/#{entry}"
+    Dir.entries($temp_dir).each do |entry|
+      file = "#{$temp_dir}/#{entry}"
       File.unlink(file) if re.match(file) and File.exists?(file)
     end
   end
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Test
   end
 
   def tmp_name_prefix
-    [ "/tmp/mkvtoolnix-auto-test", $$.to_s, Thread.current[:number] ].join("-") + "-"
+    [ "#{$temp_dir}/mkvtoolnix-auto-test", $$.to_s, Thread.current[:number] ].join("-") + "-"
   end
 
   def tmp_name