diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java
index e7be9276970..73fd78047bf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiAnalysisTests.java
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ public class KuromojiAnalysisTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
 
     public AnalysisService createAnalysisService() {
         Settings settings = ImmutableSettings.settingsBuilder()
+                .put("path.home", createTempDir())
                 .loadFromClasspath("org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/kuromoji_analysis.json")
                 .put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT)
                 .build();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiIntegrationTests.java
index a24acdf6b37..1ab0fe59d81 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/analysis/KuromojiIntegrationTests.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class KuromojiIntegrationTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
     protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
         return ImmutableSettings.builder()
                 .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
+                .put("path.home", createTempDir())
                 .put("plugins." + PluginsService.LOAD_PLUGIN_FROM_CLASSPATH, true)
                 .build();
     }