diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
index d34a693e4..3f4617532 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ class CapturedStream {
     if (!EndsWithPathSeparator(name_template))
       name_template.push_back(GTEST_PATH_SEP_[0]);
 #else
-    name_template = "/tmp/";
+    name_template = TempDir();
 #endif
     name_template.append("gtest_captured_stream.XXXXXX");