diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8f587fb1..1b4c1134 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ ifneq (,$(filter coverity,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 # enable the build using coverity
 # pbuilder contains BINDMOUNTS="/opt/cov-analysis/"
 # And we have some pbuilder hooks to configure and pack the result
-# Where the binaries are installed on the jenkins instance 
-	PRE_PROCESS=/opt/cov-analysis/bin/cov-build --dir cov-int
+# Where the binaries are installed on the jenkins instance
+	PRE_PROCESS=/opt/cov-analysis/bin/cov-build --dir cov-int --tmpdir /tmp/
 # no need to run tests in this case
 	DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS+=" nocheck"
 endif