diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml
index 4614d63ce..31382bcc6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/pom.xml
@@ -111,5 +111,13 @@
         <directory>tst-rsrc/</directory>
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Djava.io.tmpdir=${project.build.directory}</argLine>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>