diff --git a/constructors.go b/constructors.go
index 6e78b56..953aee3 100644
--- a/constructors.go
+++ b/constructors.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NullPath() *Path {
 
 // TempDir returns the default path to use for temporary files
 func TempDir() *Path {
-	return New(os.TempDir())
+	return New(os.TempDir()).Canonical()
 }
 
 // MkTempDir creates a new temporary directory in the directory
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func MkTempDir(dir, prefix string) (*Path, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return New(path), nil
+	return New(path).Canonical(), nil
 }
 
 // MkTempFile creates a new temporary file in the directory dir with a name beginning with prefix,
diff --git a/paths_test.go b/paths_test.go
index b563aac..09ba8f2 100644
--- a/paths_test.go
+++ b/paths_test.go
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ func TestReadFileAsLines(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "line 3", lines[3])
 }
 
+func TestCanonicaTempDir(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(t, TempDir().String(), TempDir().Canonical().String())
+}
+
 func TestCopyDir(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp, err := MkTempDir("", "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -341,6 +345,10 @@ func TestCanonicalize(t *testing.T) {
 
 		r := New("c:\\").Canonical()
 		require.Equal(t, "C:\\", r.String())
+
+		tmp, err := MkTempDir("", "pref")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, tmp.String(), tmp.Canonical().String())
 	}
 }