diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 2529d02..4a5a280 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -343,3 +343,29 @@ ynh_multimedia_addaccess () {
         groupadd -f multimedia
         usermod -a -G multimedia $user_name
 }
+
+ynh_smart_mktemp () {
+        local min_size="${1:-300}"
+        # Transform the minimum size from megabytes to kilobytes
+        min_size=$(( $min_size * 1024 ))
+
+        # Check if there's enough free space in a directory
+        is_there_enough_space () {
+                local free_space=$(df --output=avail "$1" | sed 1d)
+                test $free_space -ge $min_size
+        }
+
+        if is_there_enough_space /tmp; then
+                local tmpdir=/tmp
+        elif is_there_enough_space /var; then
+                local tmpdir=/var
+        elif is_there_enough_space /; then
+                local tmpdir=/   
+        elif is_there_enough_space /home; then
+                local tmpdir=/home
+        else
+		ynh_die "Insufficient free space to continue..."
+        fi
+
+        echo "$(sudo mktemp --directory --tmpdir="$tmpdir")"
+}