diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b4fb272b25b35503d47afee90d4e11723e43233..c2d481ada66d0c1d0e969917df274948dc3de015 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -63,10 +63,15 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash ${user}                                           && \
     chown -R ${user}:${user} /usr/share/dependency-check                    && \
     mkdir /report                                                           && \
     chown -R ${user}:${user} /report                                        && \
+    mkdir /tempdir                                                          && \
+    chown -R ${user}:${user} /tempdir                                       && \
     yum -y -v clean all                                                     && \
     [ ! -d /var/cache/yum ] || rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 USER ${user}
+#Point java to use a dedicated directory for ephemeral use
+ARG JAVA_OPTS
+ENV JAVA ${JAVA_OPTS:- '-Djava.io.tmp=/tempdir'}
 
 VOLUME ["/src" "/usr/share/dependency-check/data" "/report"]
 WORKDIR /src