diff --git a/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py b/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py
index 9b88b826354..324ee80f4c8 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/temporary_file.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 # as the parent for all temporary files & directories created by them.
 # This lets us clean up after those two functions when sage exits normally
 # using an atexit hook
-TMP_DIR_FILENAME_BASE = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+TMP_DIR_FILENAME_BASE = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='sage_')
 atexit.register(lambda: TMP_DIR_FILENAME_BASE.cleanup())