diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8b615d15c1e588cfb7f24ba3d19d1b55da9b9816..d8a129dcd3337557beba758801e5aae00c85aeb6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ cmccallum@thecsl.org
 Daniel.Bonniot@inria.fr
 Brad Fritz <brad@fritzfam.com> -- trac patch
 garcondumonde@riseup.net
-Martin Krafft madduck@debian.org -- admingroup patch
\ No newline at end of file
+Martin Krafft madduck@debian.org -- admingroup patch
+Anarcat
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac802d13b5b8be973d5ff82547256efc765589d4..d7a166febd5dfd94da338fec7a7b08f16ad37b77 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
 	vserver:
 	 . init_vservers: fixed Debian bug #351083 (improper readlink syntax)
 	 . found_vservers: escaped special grep repetition character +
+	 . forced mktemp to use a template with a name to be more compatible with 
+	   different versions of mktemp, thanks anarcat
     ninjahelper changes
 	 . Recursively ignore subdirs in /etc/backup.d (Closes: #361102)
 	 . Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
diff --git a/lib/easydialog.in b/lib/easydialog.in
index d8033d448b37a7d23538aff6af03a3dff0e2315f..d861218deda99f692d80482731377b6bdc856685 100644
--- a/lib/easydialog.in
+++ b/lib/easydialog.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ gaugeBox() {
 }
 
 inputBox() {
-    local temp=$(mktemp -t) || exit 1
+    local temp=$(mktemp -t backupninja.XXXXXX) || exit 1
     trap "rm -f $temp" 0
     REPLY=
     $DIALOG --backtitle "$BACKTITLE" --title "$1" \
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ _genericListBox() {
     local title=$1
     local text=$2
     shift 2
-    local temp=$(mktemp -t) || exit 1
+    local temp=$(mktemp -t backupninja.XXXXXX) || exit 1
     trap "rm -f $temp" 0
     REPLY=
     $DIALOG $HELP $_DEFAULT --backtitle "$BACKTITLE" --title "$title" \
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ textBox() {
 }
 
 passwordBox() {
-    local temp=$(mktemp -t) || exit 1
+    local temp=$(mktemp -t backupninja.XXXXXX) || exit 1
     trap "rm -f $temp" 0
     REPLY=
     $DIALOG --backtitle "$BACKTITLE" --title "$1" \
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ listItem() {
 ##
 listDisplay() {
    boxtype=$1
-   local temp=$(mktemp -t) || exit 1
+   local temp=$(mktemp -t backupninja.XXXXXX) || exit 1
    trap "rm -f $temp" 0
    
    local label
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ formItem() {
 }
     
 formDisplay() {
-   local temp=$(mktemp -t) || exit 1
+   local temp=$(mktemp -t backupninja.XXXXXX) || exit 1
    
    max_length=0
    for ((i=0; i < ${#_form_labels[@]} ; i++)); do