diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf b/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf
index b294d0ea..531c5b5d 100644
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ KCONFIG_DIR=${REPO_DIR}/releases/kconfig/hppa
 
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREPEND="[hppa-auto]"
 
+TMP_PATH=/var/tmp/catalyst/tmp
+
 update_symlinks() {
 	# Symlink the latest stages3 to build from
 	local d f t