diff --git a/internal/model/tempname.go b/internal/model/tempname.go
index 66ae88cf..54a5fd09 100644
--- a/internal/model/tempname.go
+++ b/internal/model/tempname.go
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2014 The Syncthing Authors.
+// Copyright (C) 2015 The Syncthing Authors.
 //
 // This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
 // You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-// +build !windows
-
 package model
 
 import (
+	"crypto/md5"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ type tempNamer struct {
 	prefix string
 }
 
-var defTempNamer = tempNamer{".syncthing"}
+var defTempNamer tempNamer
+
+func init() {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		defTempNamer = tempNamer{"~syncthing~"}
+	} else {
+		defTempNamer = tempNamer{".syncthing."}
+	}
+}
 
 func (t tempNamer) IsTemporary(name string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Base(name), t.prefix)
@@ -26,6 +34,12 @@ func (t tempNamer) IsTemporary(name string) bool {
 
 func (t tempNamer) TempName(name string) string {
 	tdir := filepath.Dir(name)
-	tname := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", t.prefix, filepath.Base(name))
+	tbase := filepath.Base(name)
+	if len(tbase) > 240 {
+		hash := md5.New()
+		hash.Write([]byte(name))
+		tbase = fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash.Sum(nil))
+	}
+	tname := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s.tmp", t.prefix, tbase)
 	return filepath.Join(tdir, tname)
 }
diff --git a/internal/model/tempname_test.go b/internal/model/tempname_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80639304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/model/tempname_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2015 The Syncthing Authors.
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+// You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLongTempFilename(t *testing.T) {
+	filename := ""
+	for i := 0; i < 300; i++ {
+		filename += "l"
+	}
+	tFile := defTempNamer.TempName(filename)
+	if len(tFile) < 10 || len(tFile) > 200 {
+		t.Fatal("Invalid long filename")
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(defTempNamer.TempName("short"), "short.tmp") {
+		t.Fatal("Invalid short filename", defTempNamer.TempName("short"))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/model/tempname_windows.go b/internal/model/tempname_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b928acaf..00000000
--- a/internal/model/tempname_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2014 The Syncthing Authors.
-//
-// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
-// You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-// +build windows
-
-package model
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-type tempNamer struct {
-	prefix string
-}
-
-var defTempNamer = tempNamer{"~syncthing~"}
-
-func (t tempNamer) IsTemporary(name string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Base(name), t.prefix)
-}
-
-func (t tempNamer) TempName(name string) string {
-	tdir := filepath.Dir(name)
-	tname := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.tmp", t.prefix, filepath.Base(name))
-	return filepath.Join(tdir, tname)
-}
diff --git a/internal/model/testdata/.syncthing.file b/internal/model/testdata/.syncthing.file.tmp
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/model/testdata/.syncthing.file
rename to internal/model/testdata/.syncthing.file.tmp
diff --git a/internal/model/testdata/~syncthing~.file.tmp b/internal/model/testdata/~syncthing~file.tmp
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/model/testdata/~syncthing~.file.tmp
rename to internal/model/testdata/~syncthing~file.tmp