diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9effd5b..36da9656 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ site/_site/
 coverage
 .ruby-version
 .sass-cache
-tmp/stackprof-*
+tmp/*
 .jekyll-metadata
diff --git a/script/test b/script/test
index a6ae0f4d..d69ad53b 100755
--- a/script/test
+++ b/script/test
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #   script/test
 #   script/test <test_file>
 
+if [ ! -d tmp ]; then
+  mkdir tmp
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   TEST_FILES=$(ruby -e "puts Dir.glob('test/test_*.rb')")
 else
diff --git a/test/source/_includes/tmp b/test/source/_includes/tmp
index cad23091..a846f50d 120000
--- a/test/source/_includes/tmp
+++ b/test/source/_includes/tmp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/tmp
\ No newline at end of file
+../../../tmp/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index c910d12b..c6df3e05 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ CONTENT
     context "with symlink'd include" do
 
       should "not allow symlink includes" do
-        File.open("/tmp/pages-test", 'w') { |file| file.write("SYMLINK TEST") }
+        File.open("tmp/pages-test", 'w') { |file| file.write("SYMLINK TEST") }
         assert_raise IOError do
           content = <<CONTENT
 ---
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ CONTENT
     context "with symlink'd include" do
 
       should "not allow symlink includes" do
-        File.open("/tmp/pages-test", 'w') { |file| file.write("SYMLINK TEST") }
+        File.open("tmp/pages-test", 'w') { |file| file.write("SYMLINK TEST") }
         assert_raise IOError do
           content = <<CONTENT
 ---