diff --git a/inkex/base.py b/inkex/base.py
index e42e5ae1cae48174d9c21a49dd0bd8f032c93f1d..341e516b8ef02786232829e8f29b1cd7e49d93ac 100644
--- a/inkex/base.py
+++ b/inkex/base.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ class TempDirMixin(_Base):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
         self._tempdir = TemporaryDirectory(  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
             prefix=self.dir_prefix, suffix=self.dir_suffix
         )
-        self.tempdir = self._tempdir.name
+        self.tempdir = os.path.realpath(self._tempdir.name)
         super().load_raw()
 
     def clean_up(self):
diff --git a/inkex/tester/__init__.py b/inkex/tester/__init__.py
index 5d40567f1e241edb8bffa74bd63ce31581790300..f7e1d4b797ba95b0f6dd2e65478d409235b7118e 100644
--- a/inkex/tester/__init__.py
+++ b/inkex/tester/__init__.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TestCase(MockCommandMixin, BaseCase):
     def tempdir(self):
         """Generate a temporary location to store files"""
         if self._temp_dir is None:
-            self._temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="inkex-tests-")
+            self._temp_dir = os.path.realpath(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="inkex-tests-"))
         if not os.path.isdir(self._temp_dir):
             raise IOError("The temporary directory has disappeared!")
         return self._temp_dir
diff --git a/inkex/tester/mock.py b/inkex/tester/mock.py
index 0f422e026051c80c2f68250ffedf152b2c059063..3b75dcd59d626f1f9ed121119fd769bb691323ba 100644
--- a/inkex/tester/mock.py
+++ b/inkex/tester/mock.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class MockCommandMixin(MockMixin):
     def record_tempdir(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Record any attempts to make tempdirs"""
         newdir = self.old_call("mkdtemp")(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.recorded_tempdirs.append(newdir)
+        self.recorded_tempdirs.append(os.path.realpath(newdir))
         return newdir
 
     def clean_paths(self, data, files):