diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pipenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pipenv/default.nix
index 9a576f12e95..5ee92a5de56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pipenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pipenv/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
   checkPhase = ''
-    export HOME=$PWD
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     $out/bin/pipenv install ${fetchPypi {pname="pyjokes"; version="0.6.0"; sha256="08860eedb78cbfa4618243c8db088f21c39823ece1fdaf0133e52d9c56e981a5";} }
   '';