diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/assets/bootstrap-script.sh b/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/assets/bootstrap-script.sh
index 4f5a2be..132dee2 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/assets/bootstrap-script.sh
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/assets/bootstrap-script.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 extract_dpkg_deb_data () {
   local pkg="$1"
-  local excludes_file="/tmp/bootstrap-vz-excludes-$$"
+  local excludes_file="DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDES_PATH"
   # List all files in $pkg and run them through the filter (avoid exit status >0 if no matches are found)
   dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$pkg" | tar -t | BOOTSTRAP_FILES_FILTER_PATH > "$excludes_file" || true
   dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$pkg" | tar --exclude-from "$excludes_file" -xf -
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/tasks/dpkg.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/tasks/dpkg.py
index b927c3e..244ca97 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/tasks/dpkg.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/minimize_size/tasks/dpkg.py
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ class CreateBootstrapFilterScripts(Task):
 
 		bootstrap_script = os.path.join(info.workspace, 'bootstrap_script.sh')
 		filter_script = os.path.join(info.workspace, 'bootstrap_files_filter.sh')
+		excludes_file = os.path.join(info.workspace, 'debootstrap-excludes')
 
 		shutil.copy(os.path.join(assets, 'bootstrap-script.sh'), bootstrap_script)
 		shutil.copy(os.path.join(assets, 'bootstrap-files-filter.sh'), filter_script)
 
+		sed_i(bootstrap_script, r'DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDES_PATH', excludes_file)
 		sed_i(bootstrap_script, r'BOOTSTRAP_FILES_FILTER_PATH', filter_script)
 
 		# We exclude with patterns but include with fixed strings