diff --git a/man/feh.pre b/man/feh.pre
index 0ec26131..76c569cf 100644
--- a/man/feh.pre
+++ b/man/feh.pre
@@ -1327,6 +1327,10 @@ Human-readable image size
 .
 Image format
 .
+.It \&%T
+.
+Temporary output filename
+.
 .It %u
 .
 Number of current file
diff --git a/src/filelist.c b/src/filelist.c
index 0aeaa022..4969ca3d 100644
--- a/src/filelist.c
+++ b/src/filelist.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ feh_file *feh_file_new(char *filename)
 	newfile = (feh_file *) emalloc(sizeof(feh_file));
 	newfile->caption = NULL;
 	newfile->filename = estrdup(filename);
+	newfile->tempname = NULL;
 	s = strrchr(filename, '/');
 	if (s)
 		newfile->name = estrdup(s + 1);
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ void feh_file_free(feh_file * file)
 		return;
 	if (file->filename)
 		free(file->filename);
+	if (file->tempname) {
+		unlink(file->tempname);
+		free(file->tempname);
+	}
 	if (file->name)
 		free(file->name);
 	if (file->caption)
diff --git a/src/filelist.h b/src/filelist.h
index ff0645e1..608bbd2c 100644
--- a/src/filelist.h
+++ b/src/filelist.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 struct __feh_file {
 	char *filename;
+	char *tempname;
 	char *caption;
 	char *name;
 
diff --git a/src/help.raw b/src/help.raw
index 3c65fcc5..f7bea069 100644
--- a/src/help.raw
+++ b/src/help.raw
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ FORMAT SPECIFIERS
  %s     image size in bytes
  %S     image size with appropriate unit (kB/MB)
  %t     image format
+ %T     temporary output filename
  %u     current file number
  %w     image width
  %v     " PACKAGE " version
diff --git a/src/imlib.c b/src/imlib.c
index add88d60..c6ccacba 100644
--- a/src/imlib.c
+++ b/src/imlib.c
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ void feh_print_load_error(char *file, winwidget w, Imlib_Load_Error err, enum fe
 int feh_is_image(feh_file * file)
 {
 	unsigned char buf[16];
-	FILE *fh = fopen(file->filename, "r");
+	char *filename = file->tempname ? file->tempname : file->filename;
+
+	FILE *fh = fopen(filename, "r");
 	if (!fh) {
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ int feh_is_image(feh_file * file)
 		// PNM et al.
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (strstr(file->filename, ".tga")) {
+	if (strstr(filename, ".tga")) {
 		// TGA
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ int feh_is_image(feh_file * file)
 		// XPM
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (strstr(file->filename, ".bz2") || strstr(file->filename, ".gz")) {
+	if (strstr(filename, ".bz2") || strstr(filename, ".gz")) {
 		// Imlib2 supports compressed images. It relies on the filename to
 		// determine the appropriate loader and does not use magic bytes here.
 		return 1;
@@ -343,42 +345,42 @@ int feh_load_image(Imlib_Image * im, feh_file * file)
 	enum { SRC_IMLIB, SRC_HTTP, SRC_MAGICK, SRC_DCRAW } image_source = SRC_IMLIB;
 	char *tmpname = NULL;
 	char *real_filename = NULL;
+	char *filename;
 
 	D(("filename is %s, image is %p\n", file->filename, im));
 
 	if (!file || !file->filename)
 		return 0;
-
-	if (path_is_url(file->filename)) {
+	filename = file->tempname ? file->tempname : file->filename;
+	if (path_is_url(filename)) {
 		image_source = SRC_HTTP;
 
-		if ((tmpname = feh_http_load_image(file->filename)) == NULL) {
+		if ((tmpname = feh_http_load_image(filename)) == NULL) {
 			feh_err = LOAD_ERROR_CURL;
 			err = IMLIB_LOAD_ERROR_FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST;
 		}
 	}
 	else {
 		if (feh_is_image(file)) {
-			*im = imlib_load_image_with_error_return(file->filename, &err);
+			*im = imlib_load_image_with_error_return(filename, &err);
 		} else {
 			feh_err = LOAD_ERROR_MAGICBYTES;
 			err = IMLIB_LOAD_ERROR_NO_LOADER_FOR_FILE_FORMAT;
 		}
 	}
-
 	if (opt.conversion_timeout >= 0 && (
 			(err == IMLIB_LOAD_ERROR_UNKNOWN) ||
 			(err == IMLIB_LOAD_ERROR_NO_LOADER_FOR_FILE_FORMAT))) {
-		if (feh_file_is_raw(file->filename)) {
+		if (feh_file_is_raw(filename)) {
 			image_source = SRC_DCRAW;
-			tmpname = feh_dcraw_load_image(file->filename);
+			tmpname = feh_dcraw_load_image(filename);
 			if (!tmpname) {
 				feh_err = LOAD_ERROR_DCRAW;
 			}
 		} else {
 			image_source = SRC_MAGICK;
 			feh_err = LOAD_ERROR_IMLIB;
-			tmpname = feh_magick_load_image(file->filename);
+			tmpname = feh_magick_load_image(filename);
 			if (!tmpname) {
 				feh_err = LOAD_ERROR_IMAGEMAGICK;
 			}
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ int feh_load_image(Imlib_Image * im, feh_file * file)
 	if (tmpname) {
 		*im = imlib_load_image_with_error_return(tmpname, &err);
 		if (!err && im) {
-			real_filename = file->filename;
+			real_filename = filename;
 			file->filename = tmpname;
 
 			/*
diff --git a/src/slideshow.c b/src/slideshow.c
index 87ec4cb6..298835e3 100644
--- a/src/slideshow.c
+++ b/src/slideshow.c
@@ -511,6 +511,14 @@ char *feh_printf(char *str, feh_file * file, winwidget winwid)
 					strncat(ret, file->info->format, sizeof(ret) - strlen(ret) - 1);
 				}
 				break;
+			case 'T':
+				if (file) {
+					if (file->tempname == NULL) {
+						file->tempname = feh_unique_filename("/tmp/","feh_tempname");
+					}
+					strncat(ret, file->tempname, sizeof(ret) - strlen(ret) - 1);
+				}
+				break;
 			case 'u':
 				f = current_file ? current_file : gib_list_find_by_data(filelist, file);
 				snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", f ? gib_list_num(filelist, f) + 1 : 0);