diff --git a/win/cmake/create_initial_db.cmake.in b/win/cmake/create_initial_db.cmake.in
index f2b8c67bcf2..d4721b7bac4 100644
--- a/win/cmake/create_initial_db.cmake.in
+++ b/win/cmake/create_initial_db.cmake.in
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ SET(BOOTSTRAP_COMMAND
   --language=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/share/english
   --basedir=.
   --datadir=.
+  --tmpdir=.
   --default-storage-engine=MyISAM
   --loose-skip-innodb
   --loose-skip-pbxt