diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 35438f9..d9e7481 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ cc_binary {
     defaults: ["sh-defaults"],
     recovery_available: true,
     vendor_ramdisk_available: true,
+    target: {
+        recovery: {
+            cflags: [
+                "-UMKSH_DEFAULT_TMPDIR",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
 }
 
 cc_binary {