diff --git a/hacking/test-module b/hacking/test-module
index aa517500570..e2e824e9e05 100755
--- a/hacking/test-module
+++ b/hacking/test-module
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def boilerplate_module(modfile, args, interpreters, check, destfile):
 
     # default selinux fs list is pass in as _ansible_selinux_special_fs arg
     complex_args['_ansible_selinux_special_fs'] = C.DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS
+    complex_args['_ansible_tmpdir'] = C.DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP
 
     if args.startswith("@"):
         # Argument is a YAML file (JSON is a subset of YAML)