diff --git a/modules/tools.vim b/modules/tools.vim
index 962c491..72bc598 100644
--- a/modules/tools.vim
+++ b/modules/tools.vim
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ function! s:RunFile() abort
     elseif l:ft ==# 'go'         | execute '!go run '   . l:file
     elseif l:ft ==# 'rust'       | execute '!cargo run'
     elseif l:ft ==# 'sh'         | execute '!bash '     . l:file
-    elseif l:ft ==# 'c'          | execute '!gcc -o /tmp/a.out ' . l:file . ' && /tmp/a.out'
+    elseif l:ft ==# 'c'
+        let l:out_path = tempname()
+        let l:out = shellescape(l:out_path)
+        execute '!gcc -o ' . l:out . ' ' . l:file . ' && ' . l:out
+        call delete(l:out_path)
     elseif l:ft ==# 'lua'        | execute '!lua '      . l:file
     elseif l:ft ==# 'ruby'       | execute '!ruby '     . l:file
     elseif l:ft ==# 'perl'       | execute '!perl '     . l:file
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index abb3d13..ab7343a 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -268,6 +268,40 @@ check_vim() {
         -c 'if &l:syntax !=# "" || &l:undolevels != -1 || &l:swapfile || get(b:, "ale_enabled", 1) != 0 | cquit | endif' \
         -c 'qa!' 2>&1
 
+    mkdir -p "$TMP_ROOT/fake-bin" "$TMP_ROOT/c runner"
+    cat > "$TMP_ROOT/fake-bin/gcc" <<'GCCEOF'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+printf '%s\n' "$@" > "$GCC_ARGS"
+out=""
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    if [ "$1" = "-o" ]; then
+        shift
+        out="$1"
+    fi
+    shift || true
+done
+test -n "$out"
+printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' 'exit 0' > "$out"
+chmod +x "$out"
+GCCEOF
+    chmod +x "$TMP_ROOT/fake-bin/gcc"
+    c_file="$TMP_ROOT/c runner/main.c"
+    c_file_real="$(cd "$TMP_ROOT/c runner" && pwd -P)/main.c"
+    printf '%s\n' 'int main(void) { return 0; }' > "$c_file"
+    GCC_ARGS="$TMP_ROOT/gcc-args.txt" \
+        PATH="$TMP_ROOT/fake-bin:$PATH" \
+        XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$EMPTY_XDG" \
+        vim -u .vimrc -i NONE -es -N "$c_file" \
+        -c 'set filetype=c' \
+        -c 'normal ,cr' \
+        -c 'qa!' 2>&1
+    c_out="$(sed -n '2p' "$TMP_ROOT/gcc-args.txt")"
+    test -n "$c_out"
+    test "$c_out" != "/tmp/a.out"
+    test ! -e "$c_out"
+    grep -Fxq "$c_file_real" "$TMP_ROOT/gcc-args.txt"
+
     XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$EMPTY_XDG" vim -u .vimrc -i NONE --startuptime "$TMP_ROOT/startup.log" \
         -es -N -c 'qa!' 2>/dev/null
     tail -1 "$TMP_ROOT/startup.log"