diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index e53b85fc11..1fbb2b6a70 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ Package/python3/install:=:
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Linux)
 HOST_LDFLAGS += \
 	-Wl,--no-as-needed -lrt
+
+HOST_MAKE_VARS += \
+	TMPDIR=/tmp
 endif
 
 # Would be nice to be able to do this, but hosts are very fiddly