diff --git a/src/makechrootpkg.in b/src/makechrootpkg.in
index 895c1de..5d3eaae 100644
--- a/src/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/src/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ clean_first=0
 run_namcap=0
 run_checkpkg=0
 temp_chroot=0
+tmp_opts="nosuid,nodev,size=50%,nr_inodes=2m"
 
 bindmounts_ro=()
 bindmounts_rw=()
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ prepare_chroot
 if arch-nspawn "$copydir" \
 	--bind="${PWD//:/\\:}:/startdir" \
 	--bind="${SRCDEST//:/\\:}:/srcdest" \
+	--tmpfs="/tmp:${tmp_opts}" \
 	"${bindmounts_ro[@]}" "${bindmounts_rw[@]}" \
 	/chrootbuild "${makepkg_args[@]}"
 then