diff --git a/shelldap b/shelldap
index 868bcf4..0c309a6 100755
--- a/shelldap
+++ b/shelldap
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ sub ldif
 	#
 	if ( $use_temp ) {
 		my ( undef, $fname ) =
-		  File::Temp::tempfile( 'shelldap_XXXXXXXX', SUFFIX => '.ldif', DIR => '/tmp', UNLINK => 1 );
+		  File::Temp::tempfile( 'shelldap_XXXXXXXX', SUFFIX => '.ldif', TMPDIR => 1, UNLINK => 1 );
 		$self->{'ldif'}	      = Net::LDAP::LDIF->new( $fname, 'w', sort => 1, wrap => 0 );
 		$self->{'ldif_fname'} = $fname;
 	}