diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
index 077c2ba79a..2a00975aee 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ public class QtActivityDelegate
                                         "Droid Sans Mono;Droid Sans;Droid Sans Fallback");
         QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_FONTS_SERIF", "Droid Serif");
         QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("HOME", m_activity.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
-        QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("TMPDIR", m_activity.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
+        QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("TMPDIR", m_activity.getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath());
         QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_FONTS",
                                         "Roboto;Droid Sans;Droid Sans Fallback");
         QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_APP_ICON_SIZE",
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtServiceDelegate.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtServiceDelegate.java
index 25e7fe500b..0a4a314ec1 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtServiceDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtServiceDelegate.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class QtServiceDelegate
                                         "Droid Sans Mono;Droid Sans;Droid Sans Fallback");
         QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_FONTS_SERIF", "Droid Serif");
         QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("HOME", m_service.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
-        QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("TMPDIR", m_service.getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
+        QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("TMPDIR", m_service.getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath());
 
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 14)
             QtNative.setEnvironmentVariable("QT_ANDROID_FONTS", "Droid Sans;Droid Sans Fallback");