diff --git a/src/cmd/postscript/common/path.h b/src/cmd/postscript/common/path.h
index 68f8cbf0..f2019c1e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/postscript/common/path.h
+++ b/src/cmd/postscript/common/path.h
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 #define HOSTDIR		"#9/postscript/font"
 #define FONTDIR		"#9/troff/font"
 #define POSTLIBDIR	"#9/postscript/prologues"
-#define TEMPDIR		"#9/tmp"
+#define TEMPDIR		"/var/tmp"