diff --git a/core/Translate/Writer.php b/core/Translate/Writer.php
index 9ace61b74b6..5ea57a70033 100644
--- a/core/Translate/Writer.php
+++ b/core/Translate/Writer.php
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ protected function getTranslationPathBaseDirectory($base, $lang = null)
             }
         }
 
+        if ($base == 'tmp') {
+            return sprintf('%s/%s.json', StaticContainer::getContainer()->get('path.tmp'), $lang);
+        }
+
         return sprintf('%s/%s/%s.json', PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH, $base, $lang);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/CliMulti/OutputTest.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/CliMulti/OutputTest.php
index c0105c67c30..11147627b8f 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/CliMulti/OutputTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/CliMulti/OutputTest.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function test_exists_ShouldReturnsFalse_IfNothingWrittenYet()
 
     public function test_getPathToFile_shouldReturnFullPath()
     {
-        $expectedEnd = '/tmp/climulti/myid.output';
+        $expectedEnd = '/climulti/myid.output';
 
         $this->assertStringEndsWith($expectedEnd, $this->output->getPathToFile());
         $this->assertGreaterThan(strlen($expectedEnd), strlen($this->output->getPathToFile()));
diff --git a/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/Translate/WriterTest.php b/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/Translate/WriterTest.php
index 66e1efe30aa..e33ce6e74e4 100644
--- a/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/Translate/WriterTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPUnit/Unit/Translate/WriterTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Piwik\Tests\Unit\Translate;
 
+use Piwik\Container\StaticContainer;
 use Piwik\Translate\Filter\ByBaseTranslations;
 use Piwik\Translate\Filter\ByParameterCount;
 use Piwik\Translate\Filter\UnnecassaryWhitespaces;
@@ -214,11 +215,13 @@ public function testGetTemporaryTranslationPath($language, $plugin, $path)
 
     public function getTranslationPathTemporaryTestData()
     {
+        $tmpPath = StaticContainer::getContainer()->get('path.tmp');
+
         return array(
-            array('de', null, PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/tmp/de.json'),
-            array('te', null, PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/tmp/te.json'),
-            array('de', 'CoreHome', PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/tmp/plugins/CoreHome/lang/de.json'),
-            array('pt-br', 'Actions', PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/tmp/plugins/Actions/lang/pt-br.json'),
+            array('de', null, $tmpPath . '/de.json'),
+            array('te', null, $tmpPath . '/te.json'),
+            array('de', 'CoreHome', $tmpPath . '/plugins/CoreHome/lang/de.json'),
+            array('pt-br', 'Actions', $tmpPath . '/plugins/Actions/lang/pt-br.json'),
         );
     }