diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c16052b9..d10a8997 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-10-12  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* Change the name of the temporary file used by --replace-input to
+	work with arbitrary absolute or relative paths without requiring
+	path splitting logic. Fixes #365.
+
 2019-09-20  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
 	* 9.0.1: release
diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index edaa15d1..a71f79ca 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ make
         If specified, the output file name should be omitted. This
         option tells qpdf to replace the input file with the output.
         It does this by writing to
-        <filename>.~qpdf-temp.<replaceable>infilename</replaceable>#</filename>
+        <filename><replaceable>infilename</replaceable>.~qpdf-temp#</filename>
         and, when done, overwriting the input file with the temporary
         file. If there were any warnings, the original input is saved
         as
@@ -4364,6 +4364,27 @@ print "\n";
    <filename>ChangeLog</filename> in the source distribution.
   </para>
   <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>9.0.2: XXX</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Bug Fix
+       </para>
+       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          Fix the name of the temporary file used by
+          <option>--replace-input</option> so that it doesn't require
+          path splitting and works with paths include directories.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+       </itemizedlist>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term>9.0.1: September 20, 2019</term>
     <listitem>
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.cc b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
index dd1cd0d4..b7ef8cc7 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.cc
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
@@ -5148,11 +5148,10 @@ static void write_outfile(QPDF& pdf, Options& o)
     std::string temp_out;
     if (o.replace_input)
     {
-        // Use a file name that is hidden by default in the OS to
-        // avoid having it become momentarily visible in a
-        // graphical file manager or in case it gets left behind
-        // because of some kind of error.
-        temp_out = ".~qpdf-temp." + std::string(o.infilename) + "#";
+        // Append but don't prepend to the path to generate a
+        // temporary name. This saves us from having to split the path
+        // by directory and non-directory.
+        temp_out = std::string(o.infilename) + ".~qpdf-temp#";
         // o.outfilename will be restored to 0 before temp_out
         // goes out of scope.
         o.outfilename = temp_out.c_str();
@@ -5180,18 +5179,11 @@ static void write_outfile(QPDF& pdf, Options& o)
     {
         // We must close the input before we can rename files
         pdf.closeInputSource();
-        std::string backup;
+        std::string backup = std::string(o.infilename) + ".~qpdf-orig";
         bool warnings = pdf.anyWarnings();
-        if (warnings)
+        if (! warnings)
         {
-            // If there are warnings, the user may care about this
-            // file, so give it a non-hidden name that will be
-            // lexically grouped with the original file.
-            backup = std::string(o.infilename) + ".~qpdf-orig";
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            backup = ".~qpdf-orig." + std::string(o.infilename) + "#";
+            backup.append(1, '#');
         }
         QUtil::rename_file(o.infilename, backup.c_str());
         QUtil::rename_file(temp_out.c_str(), o.infilename);
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
index 683700a0..6c3ea8ef 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ foreach my $d (['auto-ü', 1], ['auto-öπ', 2])
     my ($u, $n) = @$d;
     $td->runtest("replace input $u",
                  {$td->COMMAND => "qpdf --deterministic-id" .
-                      " --object-streams=generate --replace-input $u.pdf"},
+                      " --object-streams=generate --replace-input ./$u.pdf"},
                  {$td->STRING => "", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
                  $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
     $td->runtest("check output ($u)",
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ foreach my $d (['auto-ü', 1], ['auto-öπ', 2])
 system("cp xref-with-short-size.pdf auto-warn.pdf") == 0 or die;
 $td->runtest("replace input with warnings",
              {$td->COMMAND =>
-                  "qpdf --deterministic-id --replace-input auto-warn.pdf"},
+                  "qpdf --deterministic-id --replace-input ./auto-warn.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "replace-warn.out", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 3},
              $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
 
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/replace-warn.out b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/replace-warn.out
index 09a9261a..320ad4df 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/replace-warn.out
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/replace-warn.out
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-WARNING: auto-warn.pdf (xref stream, offset 16227): Cross-reference stream data has the wrong size; expected = 52; actual = 56
-qpdf: there are warnings; original file kept in auto-warn.pdf.~qpdf-orig
+WARNING: ./auto-warn.pdf (xref stream, offset 16227): Cross-reference stream data has the wrong size; expected = 52; actual = 56
+qpdf: there are warnings; original file kept in ./auto-warn.pdf.~qpdf-orig
 qpdf: operation succeeded with warnings; resulting file may have some problems