diff --git a/examples/playbook/ansible.cfg b/examples/playbook/ansible.cfg
index 2b3c6193..e9ecb706 100644
--- a/examples/playbook/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/playbook/ansible.cfg
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ library = modules
 retry_files_enabled = False
 forks = 50
 
+# Required by runner__remote_tmp.yml
+remote_tmp = ~/.ansible/mitogen-tests/
+
 [ssh_connection]
 ssh_args = -o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s
 pipelining = True
diff --git a/examples/playbook/modules/bash_return_paths.sh b/examples/playbook/modules/bash_return_paths.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d6282084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/playbook/modules/bash_return_paths.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# I am an Ansible WANT_JSON module that returns the paths to its argv[0] and
+# args file.
+
+INPUT="$1"
+
+[ ! -r "$INPUT" ] && {
+    echo "Usage: $0 <input_file.json>" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+echo "{"
+echo "  \"changed\": false,"
+echo "  \"msg\": \"Here is my input\","
+echo "  \"input\": [$(< $INPUT)],"
+echo "  \"argv0\": \"$0\","
+echo "  \"argv1\": \"$1\""
+echo "}"
diff --git a/examples/playbook/runner.yml b/examples/playbook/runner.yml
index 4a2fed81..51583ba3 100644
--- a/examples/playbook/runner.yml
+++ b/examples/playbook/runner.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 - import_playbook: runner__custom_python_json_args_module.yml
 - import_playbook: runner__custom_python_new_style_module.yml
 - import_playbook: runner__custom_python_want_json_module.yml
+- import_playbook: runner__remote_tmp.yml
diff --git a/examples/playbook/runner__remote_tmp.yml b/examples/playbook/runner__remote_tmp.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74f18480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/playbook/runner__remote_tmp.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# The ansible.cfg remote_tmp setting should be copied to the target and used
+# when generating temporary paths created by the runner.py code executing
+# remotely.
+#
+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: true
+  tasks:
+    - bash_return_paths:
+      register: output
+
+    - assert:
+        that: output.argv0.startswith('%s/.ansible/mitogen-tests/' % ansible_user_dir)
+
+    - assert:
+        that: output.argv1.startswith('%s/.ansible/mitogen-tests/' % ansible_user_dir)