diff --git a/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/utils/NativeUtils.java b/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/utils/NativeUtils.java
index bd950616c51..2a72cefb26b 100644
--- a/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/utils/NativeUtils.java
+++ b/circe-checksum/src/main/java/com/scurrilous/circe/utils/NativeUtils.java
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 public class NativeUtils {
 
     public static final String OS_NAME = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.US);
+    public static final String TEMP_WORKDIR_PROPERTY_NAME = "org.apache.bookkeeper.native.workdir";
+
+    private static final String TEMP_DIR_NAME = "native";
 
     /**
      * loads given library from the this jar. ie: this jar contains: /lib/pulsar-checksum.jnilib
@@ -51,8 +54,21 @@ public static void loadLibraryFromJar(String path) throws Exception {
         String[] parts = path.split("/");
         String filename = (parts.length > 0) ? parts[parts.length - 1] : null;
 
-        Path dir = Files.createTempDirectory("native");
+        // create the temp dir
+        final Path dir;
+        final String tempWorkDirName = System.getProperty(TEMP_WORKDIR_PROPERTY_NAME);
+        if (tempWorkDirName == null || tempWorkDirName.isEmpty()) {
+            dir = Files.createTempDirectory(TEMP_DIR_NAME);
+        } else {
+            final File tempWorkDir = new File(tempWorkDirName);
+            if (!tempWorkDir.exists() || !tempWorkDir.isDirectory()) {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException("The tempWorkDir doesn't exist: " + tempWorkDirName);
+            }
+            dir = Files.createTempDirectory(tempWorkDir.toPath(), TEMP_DIR_NAME);
+        }
         dir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+
+        // create the temp file
         File temp = new File(dir.toString(), filename);
         temp.deleteOnExit();
 
diff --git a/cpu-affinity/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/affinity/impl/NativeUtils.java b/cpu-affinity/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/affinity/impl/NativeUtils.java
index fde69f90114..094c0056f75 100644
--- a/cpu-affinity/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/affinity/impl/NativeUtils.java
+++ b/cpu-affinity/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/affinity/impl/NativeUtils.java
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
  */
 @UtilityClass
 public class NativeUtils {
+
+    public static final String TEMP_WORKDIR_PROPERTY_NAME = "org.apache.bookkeeper.native.workdir";
+
+    private static final String TEMP_DIR_NAME = "native";
+
     /**
      * loads given library from the this jar. ie: this jar contains: /lib/pulsar-checksum.jnilib
      *
@@ -56,8 +61,21 @@ public static void loadLibraryFromJar(String path) throws Exception {
         String filename = parts[parts.length - 1];
         checkArgument(path.startsWith("/"), "absolute path must start with /");
 
-        Path dir = Files.createTempDirectory("native");
+        // create the temp dir
+        final Path dir;
+        final String tempWorkDirName = System.getProperty(TEMP_WORKDIR_PROPERTY_NAME);
+        if (tempWorkDirName == null || tempWorkDirName.isEmpty()) {
+            dir = Files.createTempDirectory(TEMP_DIR_NAME);
+        } else {
+            final File tempWorkDir = new File(tempWorkDirName);
+            if (!tempWorkDir.exists() || !tempWorkDir.isDirectory()) {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException("The tempWorkDir doesn't exist: " + tempWorkDirName);
+            }
+            dir = Files.createTempDirectory(tempWorkDir.toPath(), TEMP_DIR_NAME);
+        }
         dir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+
+        // create the temp file
         File temp = new File(dir.toString(), filename);
         temp.deleteOnExit();
 
diff --git a/native-io/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativeio/NativeUtils.java b/native-io/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativeio/NativeUtils.java
index b3bdf9ab2f6..5bce384cb8a 100644
--- a/native-io/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativeio/NativeUtils.java
+++ b/native-io/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativeio/NativeUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@
  */
 @UtilityClass
 class NativeUtils {
+
+    public static final String TEMP_WORKDIR_PROPERTY_NAME = "org.apache.bookkeeper.native.workdir";
+
+    private static final String TEMP_DIR_NAME = "native";
+
     /**
      * loads given library from the this jar. ie: this jar contains: /lib/pulsar-checksum.jnilib
      *
@@ -52,9 +58,22 @@ static void loadLibraryFromJar(String path) throws Exception {
 
         String filename = parts[parts.length - 1];
 
-        File dir = Files.createTempDirectory("native").toFile();
-        dir.deleteOnExit();
-        File temp = new File(dir, filename);
+        // create the temp dir
+        final Path dir;
+        final String tempWorkDirName = System.getProperty(TEMP_WORKDIR_PROPERTY_NAME);
+        if (tempWorkDirName == null || tempWorkDirName.isEmpty()) {
+            dir = Files.createTempDirectory(TEMP_DIR_NAME);
+        } else {
+            final File tempWorkDir = new File(tempWorkDirName);
+            if (!tempWorkDir.exists() || !tempWorkDir.isDirectory()) {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException("The tempWorkDir doesn't exist: " + tempWorkDirName);
+            }
+            dir = Files.createTempDirectory(tempWorkDir.toPath(), TEMP_DIR_NAME);
+        }
+        dir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+
+        // create the temp file
+        File temp = new File(dir.toString(), filename);
         temp.deleteOnExit();
 
         byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];