diff --git a/client/zzz_evobackup b/client/zzz_evobackup
index 79a1ecf..f28faeb 100755
--- a/client/zzz_evobackup
+++ b/client/zzz_evobackup
@@ -706,8 +706,8 @@ build_rsync_main_cmd() {
     ###################################################################
 
     # Create a temp file for excludes and includes
-    includes_file="$(mktemp "${PROGNAME}.includes.XXXXXX")"
-    excludes_file="$(mktemp "${PROGNAME}.excludes.XXXXXX")"
+    includes_file="$(mktemp --tmpdir "${PROGNAME}.includes.XXXXXX")"
+    excludes_file="$(mktemp --tmpdir "${PROGNAME}.excludes.XXXXXX")"
     # … and add them to the list of files to delete at exit
     temp_files="${temp_files} ${includes_file} ${excludes_file}"