diff --git a/tests/test_pair_ipc.cpp b/tests/test_pair_ipc.cpp
index c9a216dd..ab4dde35 100644
--- a/tests/test_pair_ipc.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_pair_ipc.cpp
@@ -44,11 +44,16 @@ void tearDown ()
 
 void test_roundtrip ()
 {
+    char my_endpoint[256];
+    size_t len = sizeof (my_endpoint);
+
     void *sb = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PAIR);
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb, "ipc:///tmp/test_pair_ipc"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb, "ipc://*"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (
+      zmq_getsockopt (sb, ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT, my_endpoint, &len));
 
     void *sc = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PAIR);
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_connect (sc, "ipc:///tmp/test_pair_ipc"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_connect (sc, my_endpoint));
 
     bounce (sb, sc);
 
diff --git a/tests/test_rebind_ipc.cpp b/tests/test_rebind_ipc.cpp
index 830d1803..78464127 100644
--- a/tests/test_rebind_ipc.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_rebind_ipc.cpp
@@ -42,24 +42,27 @@ void tearDown ()
     teardown_test_context ();
 }
 
-static const char *SOCKET_ADDR = "ipc:///tmp/test_rebind_ipc";
-
 void test_rebind_ipc ()
 {
+    char my_endpoint[256];
+    size_t len = sizeof (my_endpoint);
+
     void *sb0 = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PUSH);
     void *sb1 = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PUSH);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb0, SOCKET_ADDR));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb0, "ipc://*"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (
+      zmq_getsockopt (sb0, ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT, my_endpoint, &len));
 
     void *sc = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PULL);
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_connect (sc, SOCKET_ADDR));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_connect (sc, my_endpoint));
 
     send_string_expect_success (sb0, "42", 0);
     recv_string_expect_success (sc, "42", 0);
 
     test_context_socket_close (sb0);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb1, SOCKET_ADDR));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb1, my_endpoint));
 
     send_string_expect_success (sb1, "42", 0);
     recv_string_expect_success (sc, "42", 0);
diff --git a/tests/test_reconnect_ivl.cpp b/tests/test_reconnect_ivl.cpp
index b67b40e5..6dd0e4cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_reconnect_ivl.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_reconnect_ivl.cpp
@@ -71,11 +71,15 @@ void test_reconnect_ivl_against_pair_socket (const char *my_endpoint_,
 #if !defined(ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS) && !defined(ZMQ_HAVE_GNU)
 void test_reconnect_ivl_ipc (void)
 {
-    const char *ipc_endpoint = "ipc:///tmp/test_reconnect_ivl";
-    void *sb = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PAIR);
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb, ipc_endpoint));
+    char my_endpoint[256];
+    size_t len = sizeof (my_endpoint);
 
-    test_reconnect_ivl_against_pair_socket (ipc_endpoint, sb);
+    void *sb = test_context_socket (ZMQ_PAIR);
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb, "ipc://*"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (
+      zmq_getsockopt (sb, ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT, my_endpoint, &len));
+
+    test_reconnect_ivl_against_pair_socket (my_endpoint, sb);
     test_context_socket_close (sb);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/test_use_fd.cpp b/tests/test_use_fd.cpp
index 67414f5b..e9852b13 100644
--- a/tests/test_use_fd.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_use_fd.cpp
@@ -237,24 +237,38 @@ void pre_allocate_sock_ipc_int (void *zmq_socket_, const char *path_)
                              sizeof (struct sockaddr_un));
 }
 
+char ipc_endpoint[16];
+
 void pre_allocate_sock_ipc (void *sb_, char *my_endpoint_)
 {
-    pre_allocate_sock_ipc_int (sb_, "/tmp/test_use_fd_ipc");
-    strcpy (my_endpoint_, "ipc:///tmp/test_use_fd_ipc");
+    strcpy (ipc_endpoint, "tmpXXXXXX");
+
+#ifdef HAVE_MKDTEMP
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE (mkdtemp (ipc_endpoint));
+    strcat (ipc_endpoint, "/ipc");
+#else
+    int fd = mkstemp (ipc_endpoint);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE (fd != -1);
+    close (fd);
+#endif
+
+    pre_allocate_sock_ipc_int (sb_, ipc_endpoint);
+    strcpy (my_endpoint_, "ipc://");
+    strcat (my_endpoint_, ipc_endpoint);
 }
 
 void test_req_rep_ipc ()
 {
     test_req_rep (pre_allocate_sock_ipc);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (unlink ("/tmp/test_use_fd_ipc"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (unlink (ipc_endpoint));
 }
 
 void test_pair_ipc ()
 {
     test_pair (pre_allocate_sock_ipc);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (unlink ("/tmp/test_use_fd_ipc"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (unlink (ipc_endpoint));
 }
 
 void test_client_server_ipc ()
@@ -262,7 +276,7 @@ void test_client_server_ipc ()
 #if defined(ZMQ_SERVER) && defined(ZMQ_CLIENT)
     test_client_server (pre_allocate_sock_ipc);
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (unlink ("/tmp/test_use_fd_ipc"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (unlink (ipc_endpoint));
 #endif
 }