diff --git a/salt/modules/serverdensity_device.py b/salt/modules/serverdensity_device.py
index 6040d5cbbc..b8f577f701 100644
--- a/salt/modules/serverdensity_device.py
+++ b/salt/modules/serverdensity_device.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Wrapper around Server Density API
 import requests
 import json
 import logging
+import os
+import tempfile
 
 from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
 
@@ -216,17 +218,24 @@ def install_agent(agent_key):
 
         salt '*' serverdensity_device.install_agent c2bbdd6689ff46282bdaa07555641498
     '''
-    work_dir = '/tmp/'
+    work_dir = os.path.join(__opts__['cachedir'], 'tmp')
+    if not os.path.isdir(work_dir):
+        os.mkdir(work_dir)
+    install_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=work_dir,
+                                                   suffix='.sh',
+                                                   delete=False)
+    install_filename = install_file.name
+    install_file.close()
     account_url = get_sd_auth('account_url')
 
     __salt__['cmd.run'](
-        cmd='curl https://www.serverdensity.com/downloads/agent-install.sh -o install.sh',
+        cmd='curl https://www.serverdensity.com/downloads/agent-install.sh -o {0}'.format(install_filename),
         cwd=work_dir
     )
-    __salt__['cmd.run'](cmd='chmod +x install.sh', cwd=work_dir)
+    __salt__['cmd.run'](cmd='chmod +x {0}'.format(install_filename), cwd=work_dir)
 
     return __salt__['cmd.run'](
-        cmd='./install.sh -a {account_url} -k {agent_key}'.format(
-            account_url=account_url, agent_key=agent_key),
+        cmd='./{filename} -a {account_url} -k {agent_key}'.format(
+            filename=install_filename, account_url=account_url, agent_key=agent_key),
         cwd=work_dir
     )