--- ./src/node_main.cc	2021-06-03 07:15:32.000000000 +0530
+++ ./src/node_main.cc.mod	2021-06-18 21:13:57.512327727 +0530
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
   // calls elsewhere in the program (e.g., any logging from V8.)
   setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
   setvbuf(stderr, nullptr, _IONBF, 0);
+  if(getenv("TMPDIR") == NULL) {
+    // Give javascript programs (such as updated versions of npm) a working tmpdir.
+    putenv("TMPDIR=@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp");
+  }
   return node::Start(argc, argv);
 }
 #endif