diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go b/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go
index 311d083f45c140..672ed63922281d 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ const (
 //sys	GetModuleFileName(module syscall.Handle, fn *uint16, len uint32) (n uint32, err error) = kernel32.GetModuleFileNameW
 //sys	SetFileInformationByHandle(handle syscall.Handle, fileInformationClass uint32, buf uintptr, bufsize uint32) (err error) = kernel32.SetFileInformationByHandle
 //sys	VirtualQuery(address uintptr, buffer *MemoryBasicInformation, length uintptr) (err error) = kernel32.VirtualQuery
+//sys	GetTempPath2(buflen uint32, buf *uint16) (n uint32, err error) = GetTempPath2W
 
 const (
 	// flags for CreateToolhelp32Snapshot
@@ -363,6 +364,10 @@ func LoadGetFinalPathNameByHandle() error {
 	return procGetFinalPathNameByHandleW.Find()
 }
 
+func ErrorLoadingGetTempPath2() error {
+	return procGetTempPath2W.Find()
+}
+
 //sys	CreateEnvironmentBlock(block **uint16, token syscall.Token, inheritExisting bool) (err error) = userenv.CreateEnvironmentBlock
 //sys	DestroyEnvironmentBlock(block *uint16) (err error) = userenv.DestroyEnvironmentBlock
 
diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/windows/zsyscall_windows.go b/src/internal/syscall/windows/zsyscall_windows.go
index fd2f255b9b4f91..1b5a0c045e1f53 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall/windows/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/windows/zsyscall_windows.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ var (
 	procGetFinalPathNameByHandleW     = modkernel32.NewProc("GetFinalPathNameByHandleW")
 	procGetModuleFileNameW            = modkernel32.NewProc("GetModuleFileNameW")
 	procGetVolumeInformationByHandleW = modkernel32.NewProc("GetVolumeInformationByHandleW")
+	procGetTempPath2W                 = modkernel32.NewProc("GetTempPath2W")
 	procLockFileEx                    = modkernel32.NewProc("LockFileEx")
 	procModule32FirstW                = modkernel32.NewProc("Module32FirstW")
 	procModule32NextW                 = modkernel32.NewProc("Module32NextW")
@@ -220,6 +221,15 @@ func GetModuleFileName(module syscall.Handle, fn *uint16, len uint32) (n uint32,
 	return
 }
 
+func GetTempPath2(buflen uint32, buf *uint16) (n uint32, err error) {
+	r0, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(procGetTempPath2W.Addr(), 2, uintptr(buflen), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(buf)), 0)
+	n = uint32(r0)
+	if n == 0 {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func GetVolumeInformationByHandle(file syscall.Handle, volumeNameBuffer *uint16, volumeNameSize uint32, volumeNameSerialNumber *uint32, maximumComponentLength *uint32, fileSystemFlags *uint32, fileSystemNameBuffer *uint16, fileSystemNameSize uint32) (err error) {
 	r1, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall9(procGetVolumeInformationByHandleW.Addr(), 8, uintptr(file), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(volumeNameBuffer)), uintptr(volumeNameSize), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(volumeNameSerialNumber)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(maximumComponentLength)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(fileSystemFlags)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(fileSystemNameBuffer)), uintptr(fileSystemNameSize), 0)
 	if r1 == 0 {
diff --git a/src/os/file_windows.go b/src/os/file_windows.go
index a48feca855a3af..e7ee3a56071f6d 100644
--- a/src/os/file_windows.go
+++ b/src/os/file_windows.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"internal/poll"
 	"internal/syscall/windows"
 	"runtime"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"unicode/utf16"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -230,11 +231,23 @@ func Pipe() (r *File, w *File, err error) {
 	return newFile(p[0], "|0", "pipe"), newFile(p[1], "|1", "pipe"), nil
 }
 
+var (
+	useGetTempPath2Once sync.Once
+	useGetTempPath2     bool
+)
+
 func tempDir() string {
+	useGetTempPath2Once.Do(func() {
+		useGetTempPath2 = (windows.ErrorLoadingGetTempPath2() == nil)
+	})
+	getTempPath := syscall.GetTempPath
+	if useGetTempPath2 {
+		getTempPath = windows.GetTempPath2
+	}
 	n := uint32(syscall.MAX_PATH)
 	for {
 		b := make([]uint16, n)
-		n, _ = syscall.GetTempPath(uint32(len(b)), &b[0])
+		n, _ = getTempPath(uint32(len(b)), &b[0])
 		if n > uint32(len(b)) {
 			continue
 		}