diff --git a/apple/common/CFExtensions.h b/apple/common/CFExtensions.h
index 987e8e0022..e75e3e9f8b 100644
--- a/apple/common/CFExtensions.h
+++ b/apple/common/CFExtensions.h
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@ typedef enum
 void CFSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(unsigned flags,
       unsigned domain_mask, unsigned expand_tilde, char *buf, size_t sizeof_buf);
 
+void CFTemporaryDirectory(char *buf, size_t sizeof_buf);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/apple/common/CFExtensions.m b/apple/common/CFExtensions.m
index 55576b075c..69f507a788 100644
--- a/apple/common/CFExtensions.m
+++ b/apple/common/CFExtensions.m
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ NS_INLINE CF_RETURNS_RETAINED CFTypeRef CFBridgingRetainCompat(id X)
 #endif
 }
 
+NS_INLINE CF_RETURNS_RETAINED CFStringRef CFBridgingRetainStringRefCompat(id X)
+{
+#if __has_feature(objc_arc)
+    return (__bridge_retained CFStringRef)X;
+#else
+    return X;
+#endif
+}
+
 static NSSearchPathDirectory NSConvertFlagsCF(unsigned flags)
 {
     switch (flags)
@@ -63,6 +72,14 @@ static NSSearchPathDomainMask NSConvertDomainFlagsCF(unsigned flags)
     return 0;
 }
 
+void CFTemporaryDirectory(char *buf, size_t sizeof_buf)
+{
+    CFStringRef path = (CFStringRef)(CFBridgingRetainStringRefCompat(NSTemporaryDirectory()));
+    
+    CFStringGetCString(path, buf, sizeof_buf, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+    CFRelease(path);
+}
+
 void CFSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(unsigned flags,
         unsigned domain_mask, unsigned expand_tilde,
         char *buf, size_t sizeof_buf)
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_apple.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_apple.c
index ae3e3fb794..932903842c 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_apple.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_apple.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 static void frontend_apple_get_environment_settings(int *argc, char *argv[],
       void *args, void *params_data)
 {
+   char temp_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    char bundle_path_buf[PATH_MAX_LENGTH], home_dir_buf[PATH_MAX_LENGTH],
         support_path_buf[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    CFURLRef bundle_url;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ static void frontend_apple_get_environment_settings(int *argc, char *argv[],
    CFBundleRef bundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
     
    (void)support_path_buf;
+   (void)temp_dir;
 
    if (!bundle)
       return;
@@ -48,7 +50,10 @@ static void frontend_apple_get_environment_settings(int *argc, char *argv[],
    (void)home_dir_buf;
    
 #ifdef IOS
-    CFSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(CFDocumentDirectory, CFUserDomainMask, 1, home_dir_buf, sizeof(home_dir_buf));
+   CFSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(CFDocumentDirectory, CFUserDomainMask, 1, home_dir_buf, sizeof(home_dir_buf));
+    
+   CFTemporaryDirectory(temp_dir, sizeof(temp_dir));
+   strlcpy(g_defaults.extraction_dir, temp_dir, sizeof(g_defaults.extraction_dir));
    
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.system_dir, home_dir_buf, ".RetroArch", sizeof(g_defaults.system_dir));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.database_dir, home_dir_buf, "rdb", sizeof(g_defaults.database_dir));