diff --git a/tools/picard/picard_AddOrReplaceReadGroups.xml b/tools/picard/picard_AddOrReplaceReadGroups.xml
index cc670abb9f0..89c4b50334e 100644
--- a/tools/picard/picard_AddOrReplaceReadGroups.xml
+++ b/tools/picard/picard_AddOrReplaceReadGroups.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       --output-format=$outputFormat
       --output=$outFile
       -j "${GALAXY_DATA_INDEX_DIR}/shared/jars/picard/AddOrReplaceReadGroups.jar"
+      --tmpdir "${__new_file_path__}" 
   </command>
   <inputs>
     <param format="bam,sam" name="inputFile" type="data" label="SAM/BAM dataset to add or replace read groups in"