diff -uNr a/lib/tempname.c b/lib/tempname.c
--- a/lib/tempname.c
+++ b/lib/tempname.c
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ __path_search (char *tmpl, size_t tmpl_len, const char *dir, const char *pfx,
     {
       if (direxists (P_tmpdir))
         dir = P_tmpdir;
-      else if (strcmp (P_tmpdir, "/tmp") != 0 && direxists ("/tmp"))
-        dir = "/tmp";
+      else if (direxists ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp"))
+        dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
       else
         {
           __set_errno (ENOENT);
diff -uNr a/libwget/io.c b/libwget/io.c
--- a/libwget/io.c
+++ b/libwget/io.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int wget_update_file(const char *fname,
 	// find out system temp directory
 	if (!(tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR")) && !(tmpdir = getenv("TMP"))
 		&& !(tmpdir = getenv("TEMP")) && !(tmpdir = getenv("TEMPDIR")))
-		tmpdir = "/tmp";
+		tmpdir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
 
 	basename = base_name(fname);
 
diff -uNr a/libwget/ssl_gnutls.c b/libwget/ssl_gnutls.c
--- a/libwget/ssl_gnutls.c
+++ b/libwget/ssl_gnutls.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ void wget_ssl_init(void)
 				ncerts = 0;
 
 				if (!strcmp(config.ca_directory, "system"))
-					config.ca_directory = "/etc/ssl/certs";
+					config.ca_directory = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/tls/certs";
 
 				if ((dir = opendir(config.ca_directory))) {
 					struct dirent *dp;
diff -uNr a/libwget/ssl_openssl.c b/libwget/ssl_openssl.c
index c836afd..128ac29 100644
--- a/libwget/ssl_openssl.c
+++ b/libwget/ssl_openssl.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static int openssl_load_trust_files(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *dir)
 			goto end;
 		}
 
-		dir = "/etc/ssl/certs";
+		dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/tls/certs";
 		info_printf(_("OpenSSL: Could not load certificates from default paths. Falling back to '%s'."), dir);
 	}