diff --git a/gns3server/controller/project.py b/gns3server/controller/project.py
index 43f9ab0ea..5a289e15d 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/project.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/project.py
@@ -1020,7 +1020,16 @@ async def duplicate(self, name=None, location=None, reset_mac_addresses=True):
         assert self._status != "closed"
         try:
             begin = time.time()
-            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+
+            # use the parent directory of the project we are duplicating as a
+            # temporary directory to avoid no space left issues when '/tmp'
+            # is location on another partition.
+            if location:
+                working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(location, os.pardir))
+            else:
+                working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(self.path, os.pardir))
+
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=working_dir) as tmpdir:
                 # Do not compress the exported project when duplicating
                 with aiozipstream.ZipFile(compression=zipfile.ZIP_STORED) as zstream:
                     await export_project(zstream, self, tmpdir, keep_compute_id=True, allow_all_nodes=True, reset_mac_addresses=reset_mac_addresses)
diff --git a/gns3server/controller/snapshot.py b/gns3server/controller/snapshot.py
index 72be81fdf..8bb2b00c4 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/snapshot.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/snapshot.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ async def create(self):
 
         try:
             begin = time.time()
-            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=snapshot_directory) as tmpdir:
                 # Do not compress the snapshots
                 with aiozipstream.ZipFile(compression=zipfile.ZIP_STORED) as zstream:
                     await export_project(zstream, self._project, tmpdir, keep_compute_id=True, allow_all_nodes=True)
diff --git a/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/project_handler.py b/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/project_handler.py
index bec9605b3..738d833a0 100644
--- a/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/project_handler.py
+++ b/gns3server/handlers/api/controller/project_handler.py
@@ -331,9 +331,11 @@ async def export_project(request, response):
 
         try:
             begin = time.time()
-            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+            # use the parent directory as a temporary working dir
+            working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(project.path, os.pardir))
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=working_dir) as tmpdir:
                 with aiozipstream.ZipFile(compression=compression) as zstream:
-                    await export_project(zstream, project, tmp_dir, include_snapshots=include_snapshots, include_images=include_images, reset_mac_addresses=reset_mac_addresses)
+                    await export_project(zstream, project, tmpdir, include_snapshots=include_snapshots, include_images=include_images, reset_mac_addresses=reset_mac_addresses)
 
                     # We need to do that now because export could failed and raise an HTTP error
                     # that why response start need to be the later possible
@@ -380,7 +382,9 @@ async def import_project(request, response):
         # It could be more optimal to stream this but it is not implemented in Python.
         try:
             begin = time.time()
-            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            # use the parent directory as a temporary working dir
+            working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(path, os.pardir))
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=working_dir) as tmpdir:
                 temp_project_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "project.zip")
                 async with aiofiles.open(temp_project_path, 'wb') as f:
                     while True: