diff --git a/mgetty/fax/faxspool.in b/mgetty/fax/faxspool.in

index 2a2ee2c..2be42fc 100644

--- a/mgetty/fax/faxspool.in

+++ b/mgetty/fax/faxspool.in

@@ -708,10 +708,14 @@ do

 #

     if [ x$file = x- ]

     then

+	file=`mktemp /tmp/faxspool.XXXXXX`

+	if test -z $file

+	then

+	    $echo "ERROR: can't create work file, giving up" >&2 ; exit 6

+	fi

+	trap "rm $file" 0

 	$echo "spooling $file (stdin)..."

-	trap "rm /tmp/faxsp.$$" 0

-        cat - >/tmp/faxsp.$$

-	file=/tmp/faxsp.$$

+        cat - >$file

     else

 	$echo "spooling $file..."

     fi