diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f1cb3d9276f..0fcc7ba8694 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ step_msg "making directories"
 for i in \
     doc doc/std \
     nd nd/std \
-    dl
+    dl tmp
 do
     make_dir $i
 done
diff --git a/src/test/stdtest/io.rs b/src/test/stdtest/io.rs
index 2ec56f50552..dcb6559dc7a 100644
--- a/src/test/stdtest/io.rs
+++ b/src/test/stdtest/io.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import std::result;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_simple() {
-    let tmpfile: str = "test/run-pass/lib-io-test-simple.tmp";
+    let tmpfile: str = "tmp/lib-io-test-simple.tmp";
     log tmpfile;
     let frood: str = "A hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.";
     log frood;