diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4d4f3b6..574a4cf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 debian-goodies (0.86) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Suggest using `apt update` rather than `apt-get update`
+  * find-dbgsym-packages:
+    + Ensure equivs-build places .deb in right dir when $TMPDIR set
 
  -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>  Mon, 04 May 2020 10:15:56 +0800
 
diff --git a/find-dbgsym-packages b/find-dbgsym-packages
index 9d3e3e9..75f8525 100755
--- a/find-dbgsym-packages
+++ b/find-dbgsym-packages
@@ -458,7 +458,11 @@
     # Generate the .deb
     chdir($tempdir);
     #system("head -100 *");
+    # Instruct equivs-build to use the current directory
+    my $tmpdir = $ENV{TMPDIR};
+    delete $ENV{TMPDIR};
     my $pkgbuild = capturex(qw(equivs-build control));
+    $ENV{TMPDIR} = $tmpdir;
     #system("dpkg-deb --info *.deb");
 
     my @debs = glob('*.deb');