diff --git a/src/bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp b/src/bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp
index 2f5ba54ac..a3b3c0d75 100644
--- a/src/bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp
@@ -1,118 +1,131 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include <bench/bench.h>
 
 #include <crypto/sha256.h>
 #include <key.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 
 const std::function<std::string(const char *)> G_TRANSLATION_FUN = nullptr;
 
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_BENCH_EVALUATIONS = 5;
 static const char *DEFAULT_BENCH_FILTER = ".*";
 static const char *DEFAULT_BENCH_SCALING = "1.0";
 static const char *DEFAULT_BENCH_PRINTER = "console";
 static const char *DEFAULT_PLOT_PLOTLYURL =
     "https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js";
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_PLOT_WIDTH = 1024;
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_PLOT_HEIGHT = 768;
 
 static void SetupBenchArgs() {
     gArgs.AddArg("-?", "Print this help message and exit", false,
                  OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-list",
                  "List benchmarks without executing them. Can be combined "
                  "with -scaling and -filter",
                  false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg(
         "-evals=<n>",
         strprintf("Number of measurement evaluations to perform. (default: %u)",
                   DEFAULT_BENCH_EVALUATIONS),
         false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-filter=<regex>",
                  strprintf("Regular expression filter to select benchmark by "
                            "name (default: %s)",
                            DEFAULT_BENCH_FILTER),
                  false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg(
         "-scaling=<n>",
         strprintf("Scaling factor for benchmark's runtime (default: %u)",
                   DEFAULT_BENCH_SCALING),
         false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg(
         "-printer=(console|plot)",
         strprintf("Choose printer format. console: print data to console. "
                   "plot: Print results as HTML graph (default: %s)",
                   DEFAULT_BENCH_PRINTER),
         false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-plot-plotlyurl=<uri>",
                  strprintf("URL to use for plotly.js (default: %s)",
                            DEFAULT_PLOT_PLOTLYURL),
                  false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg(
         "-plot-width=<x>",
         strprintf("Plot width in pixel (default: %u)", DEFAULT_PLOT_WIDTH),
         false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
     gArgs.AddArg(
         "-plot-height=<x>",
         strprintf("Plot height in pixel (default: %u)", DEFAULT_PLOT_HEIGHT),
         false, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
 
     // Hidden
     gArgs.AddArg("-h", "", false, OptionsCategory::HIDDEN);
     gArgs.AddArg("-help", "", false, OptionsCategory::HIDDEN);
 }
 
+static fs::path SetDataDir() {
+    fs::path ret =
+        fs::temp_directory_path() / "bench_bitcoin" / fs::unique_path();
+    fs::create_directories(ret);
+    gArgs.ForceSetArg("-datadir", ret.string());
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     SetupBenchArgs();
     std::string error;
     if (!gArgs.ParseParameters(argc, argv, error)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error parsing command line arguments: %s\n",
                 error.c_str());
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
     if (HelpRequested(gArgs)) {
         std::cout << gArgs.GetHelpMessage();
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    // Set the datadir after parsing the bench options
+    const fs::path bench_datadir{SetDataDir()};
+
     SHA256AutoDetect();
     ECC_Start();
     SetupEnvironment();
 
     int64_t evaluations = gArgs.GetArg("-evals", DEFAULT_BENCH_EVALUATIONS);
     std::string regex_filter = gArgs.GetArg("-filter", DEFAULT_BENCH_FILTER);
     std::string scaling_str = gArgs.GetArg("-scaling", DEFAULT_BENCH_SCALING);
     bool is_list_only = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-list", false);
 
     double scaling_factor;
     if (!ParseDouble(scaling_str, &scaling_factor)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Error parsing scaling factor as double: %s\n",
                 scaling_str.c_str());
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<benchmark::Printer> printer(
         new benchmark::ConsolePrinter());
     std::string printer_arg = gArgs.GetArg("-printer", DEFAULT_BENCH_PRINTER);
     if ("plot" == printer_arg) {
         printer.reset(new benchmark::PlotlyPrinter(
             gArgs.GetArg("-plot-plotlyurl", DEFAULT_PLOT_PLOTLYURL),
             gArgs.GetArg("-plot-width", DEFAULT_PLOT_WIDTH),
             gArgs.GetArg("-plot-height", DEFAULT_PLOT_HEIGHT)));
     }
 
     benchmark::BenchRunner::RunAll(*printer, evaluations, scaling_factor,
                                    regex_filter, is_list_only);
 
+    fs::remove_all(bench_datadir);
+
     ECC_Stop();
 
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }