diff --git a/desktop/unx/source/start.c b/desktop/unx/source/start.c

index e3e5441bf..a75b05401 100644

--- a/desktop/unx/source/start.c

+++ b/desktop/unx/source/start.c

@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ static rtl_uString *get_pipe_path(rtl_uString *pAppPath)

     rtlBootstrapHandle handle;

     rtl_uString *pMd5hash = NULL;

     sal_Unicode pUnicode[RTL_USTR_MAX_VALUEOFINT32];

+    char *env_tmpdir;

     /* setup bootstrap filename */

     rtl_uString_newFromAscii(&pPath, "file://");

@@ -289,7 +290,10 @@ static rtl_uString *get_pipe_path(rtl_uString *pAppPath)

     if (!pMd5hash)

         rtl_uString_new(&pMd5hash);

-    if (access(PIPEDEFAULTPATH, W_OK) == 0)

+    env_tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");

+    if ( access( env_tmpdir, W_OK ) == 0 )

+        rtl_uString_newFromAscii( &pResult, env_tmpdir );

+    else if (access(PIPEDEFAULTPATH, W_OK) == 0)

     {

         rtl_uString_newFromAscii(&pResult, PIPEDEFAULTPATH);

     }

diff --git a/sal/osl/unx/pipe.cxx b/sal/osl/unx/pipe.cxx

index f9037a14e..f3cc63246 100644

--- a/sal/osl/unx/pipe.cxx

+++ b/sal/osl/unx/pipe.cxx

@@ -143,11 +143,17 @@ static oslPipe osl_psz_createPipe(const sal_Char *pszPipeName, oslPipeOptions Op

     int Flags;

     size_t len;

     struct sockaddr_un addr;

+    char *env_tmpdir;

     OString name;

     oslPipe pPipe;

-    if (access(PIPEDEFAULTPATH.getStr(), W_OK) == 0)

+    env_tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");

+    if (access(env_tmpdir, W_OK) == 0)

+    {

+        name = env_tmpdir;

+    }

+    else if (access(PIPEDEFAULTPATH.getStr(), W_OK) == 0)

         name = PIPEDEFAULTPATH;

     else if (access(PIPEALTERNATEPATH.getStr(), W_OK) == 0)

         name = PIPEALTERNATEPATH;