diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index 4b602f1..aa8893e 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ class Browser:
         skip_extract_outlinks=False,
         skip_visit_hashtags=False,
         skip_youtube_dl=False,
+        ytdlp_tmpdir = '/tmp',
         simpler404=False,
         page_timeout=300,
         behavior_timeout=900,
diff --git a/brozzler/cli.py b/brozzler/cli.py
index 3927bfe..43bdd7a 100755
--- a/brozzler/cli.py
+++ b/brozzler/cli.py
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ def brozzle_page(argv=None):
     arg_parser.add_argument(
         "--skip-youtube-dl", dest="skip_youtube_dl", action="store_true"
     )
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--ytdlp_tmpdir",
+        dest="ytdlp_tmpdir",
+        default="/tmp",
+        help="specify a temp dir for ytdlp; defaults to /tmp",
+    )
     arg_parser.add_argument("--simpler404", dest="simpler404", action="store_true")
     add_common_options(arg_parser, argv)
 
@@ -292,6 +298,7 @@ def brozzle_page(argv=None):
         skip_extract_outlinks=args.skip_extract_outlinks,
         skip_visit_hashtags=args.skip_visit_hashtags,
         skip_youtube_dl=args.skip_youtube_dl,
+        ytdlp_tmpdir = args.ytdlp_tmpdir,
         simpler404=args.simpler404,
         screenshot_full_page=args.screenshot_full_page,
         download_throughput=args.download_throughput,
@@ -533,6 +540,12 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
         action="store_true",
         help=argparse.SUPPRESS,
     )
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+        "--ytdlp_tmpdir",
+        dest="ytdlp_tmpdir",
+        default="/tmp",
+        help="argparse.SUPPRESS",
+    )
     arg_parser.add_argument(
         "--stealth",
         dest="stealth",
@@ -598,6 +611,7 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
         skip_extract_outlinks=args.skip_extract_outlinks,
         skip_visit_hashtags=args.skip_visit_hashtags,
         skip_youtube_dl=args.skip_youtube_dl,
+        ytdlp_tmpdir=args.ytdlp_tmpdir,
         stealth=args.stealth,
         metrics_port=args.metrics_port,
         registry_url=args.registry_url,
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 6829170..b919a61 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         skip_extract_outlinks=False,
         skip_visit_hashtags=False,
         skip_youtube_dl=False,
+        ytdlp_tmpdir='/tmp',
         simpler404=False,
         screenshot_full_page=False,
         page_timeout=300,
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         self._skip_extract_outlinks = skip_extract_outlinks
         self._skip_visit_hashtags = skip_visit_hashtags
         self._skip_youtube_dl = skip_youtube_dl
+        self._ytdlp_tmpdir = ytdlp_tmpdir
         self._simpler404 = simpler404
         self._screenshot_full_page = screenshot_full_page
         self._page_timeout = page_timeout
@@ -471,6 +473,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
             skip_extract_outlinks=self._skip_extract_outlinks,
             skip_visit_hashtags=self._skip_visit_hashtags,
             skip_youtube_dl=self._skip_youtube_dl,
+            ytdlp_tmpdir = self._ytdlp_tmpdir,
             simpler404=self._simpler404,
             screenshot_full_page=self._screenshot_full_page,
             page_timeout=self._page_timeout,
diff --git a/brozzler/ydl.py b/brozzler/ydl.py
index 88b49c6..89a9fec 100644
--- a/brozzler/ydl.py
+++ b/brozzler/ydl.py
@@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ def do_youtube_dl(worker, site, page):
     Returns:
          `list` of `str`: outlink urls
     """
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="brzl-ydl-", dir="/tmp") as tempdir:
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="brzl-ydl-", dir=worker._ytdlp_tmpdir) as tempdir:
+        logging.info("tempdir for yt-dlp: %s", tempdir)
         ydl = _build_youtube_dl(worker, tempdir, site, page)
         ie_result = _try_youtube_dl(worker, ydl, site, page)
         outlinks = set()