diff --git a/editors/wordperfect/files/xwp b/editors/wordperfect/files/xwp
index b5ac6817f20..5b588c29d72 100755
--- a/editors/wordperfect/files/xwp
+++ b/editors/wordperfect/files/xwp
@@ -4,5 +4,16 @@
 #
 # dugsong@OpenBSD.org
 
-exec y0y0y0/wpbin/xwp $*
+TMPDIR=/tmp/wp-$$
+export TMPDIR
+
+if ! mkdir -m 700 $TMPDIR ; then
+   echo "Error: $TMPDIR already exists, looks like:"
+   ls -alF $TMPDIR
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+trap 'rm -rf $TMPDIR ; exit 1' 0 1 2 3 13 15
+
+y0y0y0/wpbin/xwp $*