diff --git a/src/fcdir.c b/src/fcdir.c
index fd62a34..edfa121 100644
--- a/src/fcdir.c
+++ b/src/fcdir.c
@@ -283,7 +283,13 @@ FcDirScanConfig (FcFontSet	*set,
     }
     while ((e = readdir (d)))
     {
-	if (e->d_name[0] != '.' && strlen (e->d_name) < FC_MAX_FILE_LEN)
+	size_t length_name = strlen (e->d_name);
+	/* Skip temporary dpkg files */
+	#define DPKG_TMP ".dpkg-tmp"
+	if (length_name > strlen(DPKG_TMP) &&
+		strcmp(e->d_name + length_name - strlen(DPKG_TMP), DPKG_TMP) == 0)
+	    continue;
+	if (e->d_name[0] != '.' && length_name < FC_MAX_FILE_LEN)
 	{
 	    strcpy ((char *) base, (char *) e->d_name);
 	    if (!FcStrSetAdd (files, file)) {