diff --git a/src/Adaptive.Agrona/IoUtil.cs b/src/Adaptive.Agrona/IoUtil.cs
index 5b1c27f4..50749abb 100644
--- a/src/Adaptive.Agrona/IoUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Adaptive.Agrona/IoUtil.cs
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ public static void CheckFileExists(string path)
         /// <returns> tmp directory for the runtime </returns>
         public static string TmpDirName()
         {
+            if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Unix)
+            {
+                return @"/dev/shm";
+            }
             return Path.GetTempPath();
         }