diff --git a/doc/site/configuration.rst b/doc/site/configuration.rst
index 5bf260c4..358e2d94 100644
--- a/doc/site/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/site/configuration.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Example gunicorn.conf.py
     user = None             # Change process owner to user
     group = None            # Change process group to group
     proc_name = None        # Change the process name
+    tmp_upload_dir = None   # Set path used to store temporary uploads
     
     def after_fork(server, worker):
         fmt = "worker=%s spawned pid=%s"
@@ -74,3 +75,6 @@ umask:
 
 user:
     The user as which worker processes will by launched.
+
+tmp_upload_dir:
+    Set the path used to store temporarily the body of the request.
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diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 12b318be..58ba7030 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Config(object):
         umask="0",
         user=None,
         group=None,
+        tmp_upload_dir=None,
         
         after_fork=lambda server, worker: server.log.info(
             "Worker spawned (pid: %s)" % worker.pid),
diff --git a/gunicorn/http/request.py b/gunicorn/http/request.py
index 4be36a82..9dba66a6 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/request.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/request.py
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ class Request(object):
         "SERVER_SOFTWARE": "gunicorn/%s" % __version__
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, socket, client_address, server_address, debug=False):
-        self.debug = debug
+    def __init__(self, socket, client_address, server_address, conf):
+        self.debug = conf['debug']
+        self.conf = conf
         self.socket = socket
     
         self.client_address = client_address
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class Request(object):
         if not self.parser.content_len and not self.parser.is_chunked:
             wsgi_input = StringIO.StringIO()
         else:
-            wsgi_input = TeeInput(self.socket, self.parser, buf[i:])
+            wsgi_input = TeeInput(self.socket, self.parser, buf[i:], self.conf)
                 
         # This value should evaluate true if an equivalent application
         # object may be simultaneously invoked by another process, and
diff --git a/gunicorn/http/tee.py b/gunicorn/http/tee.py
index fd476cdb..82e5c449 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/tee.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/tee.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ from gunicorn.util import MAX_BODY, CHUNK_SIZE, read_partial
 
 class TeeInput(object):
     
-    def __init__(self, socket, parser, buf):
+    def __init__(self, socket, parser, buf, conf):
+        self.conf = conf
         self.buf = buf
         self.parser = parser
         self.socket = socket
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ class TeeInput(object):
         if self._len and self._len < MAX_BODY:
             self.tmp = StringIO.StringIO()
         else:
-            self.tmp = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
+            self.tmp = tempfile.TemporaryFile(
+                            dir=self.conf['tmp_upload_dir'])
             
         if len(buf) > 0:
             chunk, self.buf = parser.filter_body(buf)
diff --git a/gunicorn/worker.py b/gunicorn/worker.py
index dd3dd485..346ffc92 100644
--- a/gunicorn/worker.py
+++ b/gunicorn/worker.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Worker(object):
     def handle(self, client, addr):
         util.close_on_exec(client)
         try:
-            req = http.Request(client, addr, self.address, self.debug)
+            req = http.Request(client, addr, self.address, self.conf)
 
             try:
                 response = self.app(req.read(), req.start_response)