diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 0b040dc7cc..ebfe9fd506 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -21537,6 +21537,11 @@ (define-public r-r-filesets
          "08xv8b3c81nf54viyr3w912al18483k5gfnjpg7bxbdfk70dfzbh"))))
     (properties `((upstream-name . "R.filesets")))
     (build-system r-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'set-HOME
+           (lambda _ (setenv "HOME" "/tmp"))))))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("r-digest" ,r-digest)
        ("r-r-cache" ,r-r-cache)