diff --git a/extra/io/files/temporary/backend/backend.factor b/extra/io/files/temporary/backend/backend.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fe4068621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/io/files/temporary/backend/backend.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+USING: io.backend ;
+IN: io.files.temporary.backend
+
+HOOK: (temporary-file) io-backend ( path prefix suffix -- stream path )
+HOOK: temporary-path io-backend ( -- path )
diff --git a/extra/io/files/temporary/temporary.factor b/extra/io/files/temporary/temporary.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d46ddff8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/io/files/temporary/temporary.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+USING: kernel math math.bitfields combinators.lib math.parser
+random sequences sequences.lib continuations namespaces
+io.files io.backend io.nonblocking io arrays
+io.files.temporary.backend system combinators vocabs.loader ;
+USE: tools.walker
+IN: io.files.temporary
+
+: random-letter ( -- ch )
+    26 random { CHAR: a CHAR: A } random + ;
+
+: random-ch ( -- ch )
+    { t f } random
+    [ 10 random CHAR: 0 + ] [ random-letter ] if ;
+
+: random-name ( n -- string )
+    [ drop random-ch ] "" map-as ;
+
+: <temporary-file> ( prefix suffix -- path duplex-stream )
+    temporary-path -rot
+    [ 10 random-name swap 3append path+ dup (temporary-file) ] 3curry
+    10 retry ;
+
+: with-temporary-file ( quot -- path )
+    >r f f <temporary-file> r> with-stream ;
+
+: temporary-directory ( -- path )
+    [ temporary-path 10 random-name path+ dup make-directory ] 10 retry ;
+
+: with-temporary-directory ( quot -- )
+    >r temporary-directory r>
+    [ with-directory ] 2keep drop delete-tree ;
+
+{
+    { [ unix? ] [ "io.unix.files.temporary" ] }
+    { [ windows? ] [ "io.windows.files.temporary" ] }
+} cond require
diff --git a/extra/io/unix/files/temporary/temporary.factor b/extra/io/unix/files/temporary/temporary.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ac6d7605e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/io/unix/files/temporary/temporary.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+USING: kernel io.nonblocking io.unix.backend math.bitfields
+unix io.files.temporary.backend ;
+IN: io.unix.files.temporary
+
+: open-temporary-flags ( -- flags )
+    { O_RDWR O_CREAT O_EXCL } flags ;
+
+M: unix-io (temporary-file) ( path -- duplex-stream )
+    open-temporary-flags file-mode open dup io-error
+    <writer> ;
+
+M: unix-io temporary-path ( -- path ) "/tmp" ;
diff --git a/extra/io/windows/files/temporary/temporary.factor b/extra/io/windows/files/temporary/temporary.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d96ff49e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/io/windows/files/temporary/temporary.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+USING: kernel system ;
+IN: io.windows.files.temporary
+
+M: windows-io (temporary-file) ( path -- stream )
+    GENERIC_WRITE CREATE_NEW 0 open-file 0 <writer> ;
+
+M: windows-io temporary-path ( -- path )
+    "TEMP" os-env ;