diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
index 07a560c53e..61a121547b 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ static void frontend_android_get_environment_settings(int *argc,
                   "assets", sizeof(g_defaults.savestate_dir));
             fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.savestate_dir, path,
                   "savestates", sizeof(g_defaults.savestate_dir));
+            fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.extraction_dir, path,
+                  "tmp", sizeof(g_defaults.extraction_dir));
             fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.sram_dir, path,
                   "savefiles", sizeof(g_defaults.sram_dir));
             fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.system_dir, path,
diff --git a/frontend/frontend.c b/frontend/frontend.c
index 0e212550d8..0c0f1ba8b7 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend.c
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ static void check_defaults_dirs(void)
       path_mkdir(g_defaults.menu_config_dir);
    if (*g_defaults.content_history_dir)
       path_mkdir(g_defaults.content_history_dir);
+   if (*g_defaults.extraction_dir)
+      path_mkdir(g_defaults.extraction_dir);
 }
 
 static void history_playlist_push(content_playlist_t *playlist,
diff --git a/general.h b/general.h
index a1973fa9f3..c909052ffa 100644
--- a/general.h
+++ b/general.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct defaults
    char system_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    char playlist_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    char content_history_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   char extraction_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
 
    struct
    {
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index a4668cc927..d4529898ad 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -642,6 +642,9 @@ static void config_set_defaults(void)
    g_extern.console.sound.mode = SOUND_MODE_NORMAL;
 #endif
    
+   if (*g_defaults.extraction_dir)
+      strlcpy(g_settings.extraction_directory,
+            g_defaults.extraction_dir, sizeof(g_settings.extraction_directory));
    if (*g_defaults.audio_filter_dir)
       strlcpy(g_settings.audio.filter_dir,
             g_defaults.audio_filter_dir, sizeof(g_settings.audio.filter_dir));