diff --git a/services/meta/service_test.go b/services/meta/service_test.go
index 505b8a660a..dd7c1eb9a2 100644
--- a/services/meta/service_test.go
+++ b/services/meta/service_test.go
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ func testTempDir(skip int) string {
 	}
 	_, prefix := path.Split(runtime.FuncForPC(pc).Name())
 	// Make a temp dir prefixed with calling function's name.
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("/tmp", prefix)
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), prefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}