diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/base.py b/ceilometer/tests/base.py
index 9263c540ba..befe9b437d 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/base.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/base.py
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 # under the License.
 """Test base classes.
 """
+import fixtures
 import mox
 from oslo.config import cfg
+import os.path
 import stubout
 import testtools
 
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         super(TestCase, self).setUp()
         self.mox = mox.Mox()
         self.stubs = stubout.StubOutForTesting()
+        self.tempdir = self.useFixture(fixtures.TempDir())
+        self.useFixture(fixtures.FakeLogger())
+
         # Set a default location for the pipeline config file so the
         # tests work even if ceilometer is not installed globally on
         # the system.
@@ -40,6 +45,9 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
             '../etc/ceilometer/pipeline.yaml',
         )
 
+    def temp_config_file_path(self, name='ceilometer.conf'):
+        return os.path.join(self.tempdir.path, name)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.mox.UnsetStubs()
         self.stubs.UnsetAll()
diff --git a/tests/api/v1/test_app.py b/tests/api/v1/test_app.py
index f72b678a0e..69c908a76b 100644
--- a/tests/api/v1/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/api/v1/test_app.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 """Test basic ceilometer-api app
 """
 import os
-import tempfile
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ class TestApp(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(api_app.wsgi_app.auth_protocol, 'foottp')
 
     def test_keystone_middleware_parse_conffile(self):
-        tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        tmpfile = self.temp_config_file_path()
         with open(tmpfile, "w") as f:
             f.write("[%s]\nauth_protocol = barttp" % acl.OPT_GROUP_NAME)
             f.write("\nauth_version = v2.0")
diff --git a/tests/api/v2/test_app.py b/tests/api/v2/test_app.py
index 908e84016e..ede22be933 100644
--- a/tests/api/v2/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/api/v2/test_app.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 """Test basic ceilometer-api app
 """
 import os
-import tempfile
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class TestApp(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(api_app.auth_protocol, 'foottp')
 
     def test_keystone_middleware_parse_conffile(self):
-        tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        tmpfile = self.temp_config_file_path()
         with open(tmpfile, "w") as f:
             f.write("[DEFAULT]\n")
             f.write("pipeline_cfg_file = ../etc/ceilometer/pipeline.yaml\n")
diff --git a/tests/test_bin.py b/tests/test_bin.py
index 8e5ae2e276..396b397361 100644
--- a/tests/test_bin.py
+++ b/tests/test_bin.py
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@
 
 import httplib2
 import json
-import os
 import random
 import socket
 import subprocess
-import tempfile
 import time
 
 from ceilometer.tests import base
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ from ceilometer.tests import base
 class BinDbsyncTestCase(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(BinDbsyncTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.tempfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        self.tempfile = self.temp_config_file_path()
         with open(self.tempfile, 'w') as tmp:
             tmp.write("[DEFAULT]\n")
             tmp.write("database_connection=log://localhost\n")
@@ -42,15 +40,11 @@ class BinDbsyncTestCase(base.TestCase):
                                  "--config-file=%s" % self.tempfile])
         self.assertEqual(subp.wait(), 0)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        super(BinDbsyncTestCase, self).tearDown()
-        os.unlink(self.tempfile)
-
 
 class BinSendCounterTestCase(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(BinSendCounterTestCase, self).setUp()
-        self.tempfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        self.tempfile = self.temp_config_file_path()
         with open(self.tempfile, 'w') as tmp:
             tmp.write("[DEFAULT]\n")
             tmp.write(
@@ -65,10 +59,6 @@ class BinSendCounterTestCase(base.TestCase):
                                  "--counter-name=mycounter"])
         self.assertEqual(subp.wait(), 0)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        super(BinSendCounterTestCase, self).tearDown()
-        os.unlink(self.tempfile)
-
 
 class BinApiTestCase(base.TestCase):
 
@@ -76,7 +66,7 @@ class BinApiTestCase(base.TestCase):
         super(BinApiTestCase, self).setUp()
         self.api_port = random.randint(10000, 11000)
         self.http = httplib2.Http()
-        self.tempfile = tempfile.mktemp()
+        self.tempfile = self.temp_config_file_path()
         with open(self.tempfile, 'w') as tmp:
             tmp.write("[DEFAULT]\n")
             tmp.write(
@@ -95,7 +85,6 @@ class BinApiTestCase(base.TestCase):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super(BinApiTestCase, self).tearDown()
-        os.unlink(self.tempfile)
         self.subp.kill()
         self.subp.wait()
 
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index 66a4bb5d4b..47dfc659d0 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ nose
 coverage
 mock
 mox
+fixtures>=0.3.12
 Babel>=0.9.6
 # NOTE(dhellmann): Ming is necessary to provide the Mongo-in-memory
 # implementation of MongoDB.