diff --git a/src/filters/rclpdf.py b/src/filters/rclpdf.py
index 0ac7f051..e9a99a6a 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclpdf.py
+++ b/src/filters/rclpdf.py
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ class PDFExtractor:
         if not tmpdir or not self.pdftk:
             # no big deal
             return True
-
         try:
             vacuumdir(tmpdir)
             subprocess.check_call([self.pdftk, self.filename, "unpack_files",
@@ -433,6 +432,21 @@ class PDFExtractor:
                 return False
         else:
             tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='rclmpdf')
+            if self.pdftk and re.match("/snap/", self.pdftk):
+                # We know this is Unix (Ubuntu actually). Check that tmpdir
+                # belongs to the user as snap commands can't use /tmp to share
+                # files. Don't generate an error as this only affects
+                # attachment extraction
+                ok = False
+                if "TMPDIR" in os.environ:
+                    st = os.stat(os.environ["TMPDIR"])
+                    if st.st_uid == os.getuid():
+                        ok = True
+                if not ok:
+                    self.em.rclog(
+                        "pdftk is a snap command and needs TMPDIR to be "
+                        "a directory you own")
+                                      
         
     ###### File type handler api, used by rclexecm ---------->
     def openfile(self, params):
diff --git a/tests/pdfattach/pdfattach.sh b/tests/pdfattach/pdfattach.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bc4cf1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pdfattach/pdfattach.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+topdir=`dirname $0`/..
+. $topdir/shared.sh
+
+initvariables $0
+
+(
+    recollq -S url '"Rosetten von Spitzwegerich"'
+)  2> $mystderr | egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
+
+diff -w ${myname}.txt $mystdout > $mydiffs 2>&1
+
+checkresult
diff --git a/tests/pdfattach/pdfattach.txt b/tests/pdfattach/pdfattach.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3edf7a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pdfattach/pdfattach.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1 results
+application/pdf	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/pdfattach/Turnierausschreibung.pdf]	[Rezept]	57269	bytes