diff --git a/modules/pacman/functions/pacman-list-disowned b/modules/pacman/functions/pacman-list-disowned
index 2cd8a92b..d6b6f289 100644
--- a/modules/pacman/functions/pacman-list-disowned
+++ b/modules/pacman/functions/pacman-list-disowned
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   Sorin Ionescu <sorin.ionescu@gmail.com>
 #
 
-local tmp="$TMPDIR/pacman-disowned-$UID-$$"
+local tmp="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/pacman-disowned-$UID-$$"
 local db="$tmp/db"
 local fs="$tmp/fs"