diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java
index 795917fffc4..3ab57510c15 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/MountableFile.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class MountableFile implements Transferable {
 
+    private static final String BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR_ENV = "BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR";
+    // private static final String BITBUCKET_TMP_SUBDIR = "tmp";
     private static final String TESTCONTAINERS_TMP_DIR_PREFIX = ".testcontainers-tmp-";
     private static final String OS_MAC_TMP_DIR = "/tmp";
     private static final int BASE_FILE_MODE = 0100000;
@@ -241,8 +243,29 @@ private String extractClassPathResourceToTempLocation(final String hostPath) {
         return tmpLocation.getAbsolutePath();
     }
 
+    private boolean isOnBitbucket() {
+        final String bbCloneDir = System.getenv(BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR_ENV);
+        return bbCloneDir != null && bbCloneDir.length() > 0;
+    }
+
+    private String getBitbucketCloneDir() {
+        return System.getenv(BITBUCKET_CLONE_DIR_ENV);
+    }
+
     private File createTempDirectory() {
         try {
+            if (isOnBitbucket()) {
+                //Path tmpPath = Paths.get(getBitbucketCloneDir(), BITBUCKET_TMP_SUBDIR);
+                //if (!java.nio.file.Files.exists(tmpPath)) {
+                    // Files.createDirectory(tmpPath);
+                //}
+                Path bbClonePath = Paths.get(getBitbucketCloneDir());
+                if (!java.nio.file.Files.exists(bbClonePath)) {
+                    Files.createDirectory(bbClonePath);
+                }
+                return Files.createTempDirectory(bbClonePath, TESTCONTAINERS_TMP_DIR_PREFIX).toFile();
+            }
+
             if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC) {
                 return Files.createTempDirectory(Paths.get(OS_MAC_TMP_DIR), TESTCONTAINERS_TMP_DIR_PREFIX).toFile();
             }