diff --git a/shelldap b/shelldap
index 221dddb..11da145 100755
--- a/shelldap
+++ b/shelldap
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ sub ldif
 	#
 	if ( $use_temp ) {
 		my ( undef, $fname ) =
-		  File::Temp::tempfile( 'shelldap_XXXXXXXX', DIR => '/tmp', UNLINK => 1 );
+		  File::Temp::tempfile( 'shelldap_XXXXXXXX', SUFFIX => '.ldif', DIR => '/tmp', UNLINK => 1 );
 		$self->{'ldif'}	      = Net::LDAP::LDIF->new( $fname, 'w', sort => 1, wrap => $self->wrapsize );
 		$self->{'ldif_fname'} = $fname;
 	}
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ sub run_create
 		my $fh;
 
 		( $fh, $self->{'create_file'} ) =
-			File::Temp::tempfile( 'shelldap_XXXXXXXX', DIR => '/tmp', UNLINK => 1 );
+			File::Temp::tempfile( 'shelldap_XXXXXXXX', SUFFIX => '.ldif', DIR => '/tmp', UNLINK => 1 );
 
 		# first print out the dn and object classes.
 		#