diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 86bbbb1..ea384d3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ pub mod minio;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod minio_test_server;
 pub mod secrets;
+pub mod temp;
 pub mod utils;
diff --git a/src/minio.rs b/src/minio.rs
index 17152d2..6111cd9 100644
--- a/src/minio.rs
+++ b/src/minio.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::constants::{MC_EXE, SECRET_MINIO_BUCKET_ACCESS_LEN, SECRET_MINIO_BUCKET_SECRET_LEN};
 use crate::crd::{BucketRetention, MinioBucketSpec, RetentionType};
+use crate::temp;
 use crate::utils::rand_str;
 
 const MC_ALIAS_NAME: &str = "managedminioinst";
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ impl MinioService {
     {
         log::debug!("exec_mc_cmd with args {:?}", args);
 
-        let conf_dir = mktemp::Temp::new_dir()?;
+        let conf_dir = temp::create_temp_dir()?;
         let global_flags = ["--config-dir", conf_dir.to_str().unwrap(), "--json"];
 
         // First, set our alias to mc in a temporary directory
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ impl MinioService {
 
     /// Apply a bucket policy
     pub async fn policy_apply(&self, name: &str, content: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let tmp_file = mktemp::Temp::new_file()?;
+        let tmp_file = temp::create_temp_file()?;
         std::fs::write(&tmp_file, content)?;
 
         let res = self
diff --git a/src/minio_test_server.rs b/src/minio_test_server.rs
index 1f61dfa..cb19ca4 100644
--- a/src/minio_test_server.rs
+++ b/src/minio_test_server.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //! Used for testing only
 
 use crate::minio::MinioService;
+use crate::temp;
 use crate::utils::rand_str;
 use rand::RngCore;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ pub struct MinioTestServer {
 
 impl MinioTestServer {
     pub async fn start() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        let storage_dir = mktemp::Temp::new_dir()?;
+        let storage_dir = temp::create_temp_dir()?;
 
         let root_user = rand_str(30);
         let root_password = rand_str(30);
diff --git a/src/temp.rs b/src/temp.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..382b186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/temp.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+/// Get the directory where temp files should be created
+fn temp_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    std::env::var("TEMP_DIR")
+        .as_deref()
+        .ok()
+        .map(Path::new)
+        .map(|p| p.to_path_buf())
+}
+
+/// Create a temporary directory
+pub fn create_temp_dir() -> std::io::Result<mktemp::Temp> {
+    match temp_path() {
+        None => mktemp::Temp::new_dir(),
+        Some(p) => mktemp::Temp::new_dir_in(p),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Create a temporary file
+pub fn create_temp_file() -> std::io::Result<mktemp::Temp> {
+    match temp_path() {
+        None => mktemp::Temp::new_file(),
+        Some(p) => mktemp::Temp::new_file_in(p),
+    }
+}