diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 03c5b5300..6ab4e8d93 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -1443,8 +1443,16 @@ def _createTemporaryDirectory():
     Creates temporary directory for this run.
     """
 
-    if not os.path.isdir(tempfile.gettempdir()):
-        os.makedirs(tempfile.gettempdir())
+    try:
+        if not os.path.isdir(tempfile.gettempdir()):
+            os.makedirs(tempfile.gettempdir())
+    except IOError, ex:
+        errMsg = "there has been a problem while accessing "
+        errMsg += "system's temporary directory location(s) ('%s'). Please " % ex
+        errMsg += "make sure that there is enough disk space left. If problem persists, "
+        errMsg += "try to set environment variable 'TMP' to a location "
+        errMsg += "writeable by the current user"
+        raise SqlmapSystemException, errMsg
     kb.tempDir = tempfile.tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sqlmap", suffix=str(os.getpid()))
     if not os.path.isdir(tempfile.tempdir):
         os.makedirs(tempfile.tempdir)