diff --git a/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php b/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php
index 83bf3d29336ea..cc8d9ade5974e 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Installer/InstallerHelper.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public static function unpack($p_filename, $alwaysReturnArray = false)
 		// Do the unpacking of the archive
 		try
 		{
-			$archive = new Archive;
+			$archive = new Archive(array('tmp_path' => \JFactory::getConfig()->get('tmp_path')));
 			$extract = $archive->extract($archivename, $extractdir);
 		}
 		catch (\Exception $e)