diff --git a/git-info b/git-info
index 3f94e37..c406972 100755
--- a/git-info
+++ b/git-info
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ TEMPFILE=
 
 maketemp () {
     if [ -z "$TEMPFILE" ]; then
-        TEMPFILE="$(mktemp /tmp/git-info.XXXXXX)" || die
+        TEMPFILE="$(mktemp -t git-info.XXXXXX)" || die
         trap "finalize; exit 130" 1 2 3 15
     fi
 }