diff --git a/mpage/file.c b/mpage/file.c
index f82d042..c029e06 100644
--- a/mpage/file.c
+++ b/mpage/file.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 
 
 #include "mpage.h"
-
+#include <error.h>
+extern const char *__progname;
 
 static int looks_utf8(FILE *fp);
 
@@ -164,10 +165,21 @@ do_stdin(asheet, outfd)
 #if 1
     FILE *fd;
     char buffer[LINESIZE];
-    char tmpfile[LINESIZE];
     int incnt, outcnt;
     int tmpfd;
 
+    /*nomal tmpdir support*/                                                                      
+    const char  suffix[] = ".XXXXXX";
+    const char  *tmp_dir = getenv("TMPDIR")?:"/tmp";
+    unsigned    tmp_len = strlen( tmp_dir );
+    unsigned    prog_len = strlen( __progname );
+    char        tmpfile[ tmp_len + prog_len + sizeof(suffix) + 1 ];
+
+    memcpy( tmpfile, tmp_dir, tmp_len );
+    tmpfile[ tmp_len ] = '/';
+    memcpy( tmpfile + tmp_len + 1, __progname, prog_len );
+    memcpy( tmpfile + tmp_len + prog_len + 1, suffix, sizeof(suffix) );
+
     /*
      * Now the utf8 patch is in we always create a temporary file.
      * So now is the time to just create a temp file and continue
@@ -176,7 +188,6 @@ do_stdin(asheet, outfd)
      * but the tmpfilename
      */
      
-    (void) strcpy(tmpfile, "/tmp/mpage-stdin-XXXXXX");
     if ( (tmpfd = mkstemp(tmpfile)) == -1) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot create temporary file", MPAGE);
         perror(MPAGE);