diff --git a/Common/MemArena.cpp b/Common/MemArena.cpp
index 1414afe549..2dbf2a17dd 100644
--- a/Common/MemArena.cpp
+++ b/Common/MemArena.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ int ashmem_unpin_region(int fd, size_t offset, size_t len)
 // do not make this "static"
 #ifdef MAEMO
 std::string ram_temp_file = "/home/user/gc_mem.tmp";
+#elif defined(BB)
+std::string ram_temp_file = "/home/root/gc_mem.tmp";
 #else
 std::string ram_temp_file = "/tmp/gc_mem.tmp";
 #endif