diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Doctrine/EventListener/NodeLifecycleListener.php b/src/Filesystem/Doctrine/EventListener/NodeLifecycleListener.php
index ead78fb0..035f1ce5 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/Doctrine/EventListener/NodeLifecycleListener.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Doctrine/EventListener/NodeLifecycleListener.php
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image\LazyImage;
-use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image\PendingImage;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image\SerializableImage;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\LazyFile;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\PendingFile;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\SerializableFile;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\TemporaryFile;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\Mapping;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\PathGenerator;
 
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ public function prePersist(LifecycleEventArgs $event): void
             $original = $metadata->getFieldValue($object, $field);
             $new = null;
 
-            if ($original instanceof PendingFile) {
+            if (
+                $original instanceof PendingFile
+                || $original instanceof TemporaryFile
+            ) {
                 $new = $this->convertPendingFile($mapping, $original, $object, $field);
             }
 
@@ -176,7 +179,10 @@ public function preUpdate(PreUpdateEventArgs|ORMPreUpdateEventArgs $event): void
             $old = $event->getOldValue($field);
             $new = $event->getNewValue($field);
 
-            if ($new instanceof PendingFile) {
+            if (
+                $new instanceof PendingFile
+                || $new instanceof TemporaryFile
+            ) {
                 $new = $this->convertPendingFile($mapping, $new, $object, $field);
 
                 // just setting the new value does not update the property so refresh the object on flush
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ private static function createSerialized(StoreWithMetadata $mapping, File $file)
         return new SerializableFile($file, $mapping->metadata);
     }
 
-    private function convertPendingFile(Mapping $mapping, PendingFile $file, object $object, string $field): LazyFile
+    private function convertPendingFile(Mapping $mapping, PendingFile|TemporaryFile $file, object $object, string $field): LazyFile
     {
         if (!$mapping->filesystem()) {
             throw new \LogicException(\sprintf('In order to save pending files, the %s::$%s mapping must have a filesystem configured.', $object::class, $field));
@@ -246,11 +252,16 @@ private function convertPendingFile(Mapping $mapping, PendingFile $file, object
             $this->postFlushOperations[] = fn() => $this->filesystem($mapping)->write($path, $file);
         }
 
+        if ($file instanceof TemporaryFile) {
+            $filesystem = $this->filesystem($mapping);
+            $this->postFlushOperations[] = static fn() => $filesystem->delete($filesystem->directory($path)->path());
+        }
+
         if ($mapping instanceof StoreAsDsn) {
             $path = Dsn::create($mapping->filesystem(), $path);
         }
 
-        $lazyFile = $file instanceof PendingImage ? new LazyImage($path) : new LazyFile($path);
+        $lazyFile = $file instanceof Image ? new LazyImage($path) : new LazyFile($path);
         $lazyFile->setFilesystem($this->filesystem($mapping));
 
         return $lazyFile;
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Glide/GlideTransformUrlGenerator.php b/src/Filesystem/Glide/GlideTransformUrlGenerator.php
index 0ea30e3e..b9dfc034 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/Glide/GlideTransformUrlGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Glide/GlideTransformUrlGenerator.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function transformUrl(string $path, array|string $filter, Config $config)
     {
         $filter = match (true) { // @phpstan-ignore-line https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan/issues/8937
             \is_string($filter) => ['p' => $filter], // is glide "preset"
-            \is_array($filter) && !array_is_list($filter) => $filter, // is standard glide parameters
+            \is_array($filter) && !\array_is_list($filter) => $filter, // is standard glide parameters
             \is_array($filter) => ['p' => \implode(',', $filter)], // is array of "presets"
         };
 
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Node/File/Image/TemporaryImage.php b/src/Filesystem/Node/File/Image/TemporaryImage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e692f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Node/File/Image/TemporaryImage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the zenstruck/filesystem package.
+ *
+ * (c) Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image;
+
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\TemporaryFile;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jakub Caban <kuba.iluvatar@gmail.com>
+ */
+final class TemporaryImage extends TemporaryFile implements Image
+{
+    use DecoratedImage;
+
+    public function __construct(private Image $image)
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected function inner(): Image
+    {
+        return $this->image;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Node/File/PendingFile.php b/src/Filesystem/Node/File/PendingFile.php
index b2e9e435..fe239cbd 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/Node/File/PendingFile.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Node/File/PendingFile.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public function __construct(string|\SplFileInfo $filename)
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param callable(self):string $path
+     * @param string|null|callable(self):string $path
      */
     public function saveTo(Filesystem $filesystem, string|callable|null $path = null): static
     {
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ public function saveTo(Filesystem $filesystem, string|callable|null $path = null
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function saveToTemporary(Filesystem $filesystem): File
+    {
+        do {
+            $directory = (string) \microtime();
+        } while ($filesystem->has($directory));
+
+        return $filesystem->write($directory.'/.'.$this->path()->name(), $this);
+    }
+
     public function path(): Path
     {
         if (isset($this->path)) {
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Node/File/TemporaryFile.php b/src/Filesystem/Node/File/TemporaryFile.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0cf7355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Node/File/TemporaryFile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the zenstruck/filesystem package.
+ *
+ * (c) Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File;
+
+use League\Flysystem\FilesystemException;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\DecoratedNode;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image\TemporaryImage;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jakub Caban <kuba.iluvatar@gmail.com>
+ */
+class TemporaryFile implements File
+{
+    use DecoratedFile, DecoratedNode;
+
+    public function __construct(private File $file)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function ensureFile(): File
+    {
+        return $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->ensureFile()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function ensureImage(): Image
+    {
+        $image = $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->ensureImage()
+        );
+        \assert($image instanceof TemporaryImage);
+
+        return $image;
+    }
+
+    protected function inner(): File
+    {
+        return $this->file;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws FilesystemException
+     */
+    private function ensureTemporary(Node $node): self
+    {
+        if ($node instanceof self) {
+            return $node;
+        }
+
+        if ($node instanceof Image) {
+            return new TemporaryImage($node);
+        }
+
+        return new self($node->ensureFile());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index d54c5314..d6e12fe2 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
                                     ->end()
                                 ->end()
                             ->end()
+                            ->booleanNode('temporary')
+                                ->defaultFalse()
+                                ->info(<<<EOF
+                                    If true, this filesystem will be configured to store
+                                    uploaded files in a serializable way.
+                                    EOF)
+                            ->end()
                             ->booleanNode('reset_before_tests')
                                 ->defaultFalse()
                                 ->info(<<<EOF
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/ZenstruckFilesystemExtension.php b/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/ZenstruckFilesystemExtension.php
index 57185316..ef7d8d5d 100644
--- a/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/ZenstruckFilesystemExtension.php
+++ b/src/Filesystem/Symfony/DependencyInjection/ZenstruckFilesystemExtension.php
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Symfony\Routing\RouteTemporaryUrlGenerator;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Symfony\Routing\RouteTransformUrlGenerator;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Symfony\Serializer\NodeNormalizer;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\TemporaryFilesystem;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Test\Node\Foundry\LazyMock;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\TraceableFilesystem;
 use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Twig\TwigPathGenerator;
@@ -375,6 +376,13 @@ private function registerFilesystem(string $name, array $config, ContainerBuilde
             ;
         }
 
+        if ($config['temporary']) {
+            $container->register('.zenstruck_filesystem.filesystem.temporary_'.$name, TemporaryFilesystem::class)
+                ->setDecoratedService($filesystemId)
+                ->setArguments([new Reference('.inner')])
+            ;
+        }
+
         if ($config['log']['enabled']) {
             $container->register('.zenstruck_filesystem.filesystem.log_'.$name, LoggableFilesystem::class)
                 ->setDecoratedService($filesystemId)
diff --git a/src/Filesystem/TemporaryFilesystem.php b/src/Filesystem/TemporaryFilesystem.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f31b5c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Filesystem/TemporaryFilesystem.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the zenstruck/filesystem package.
+ *
+ * (c) Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Zenstruck\Filesystem;
+
+use League\Flysystem\FilesystemException;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\Image\TemporaryImage;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\Node\File\TemporaryFile;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jakub Caban <kuba.iluvatar@gmail.com>
+ */
+class TemporaryFilesystem implements Filesystem
+{
+    use DecoratedFilesystem;
+
+    public function __construct(private Filesystem $inner)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function node(string $path): Node
+    {
+        $node = $this->inner()->node($path);
+
+        if ($node instanceof File) {
+            return $this->ensureTemporary($node);
+        }
+
+        return $node;
+    }
+
+    public function file(string $path): File
+    {
+        return $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->file($path)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function image(string $path): Image
+    {
+        $image = $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->image($path)
+        );
+        \assert($image instanceof TemporaryImage);
+
+        return $image;
+    }
+
+    public function copy(string $source, string $destination, array $config = []): File
+    {
+        return $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->copy($source, $destination, $config)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function move(string $source, string $destination, array $config = []): File
+    {
+        return $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->move($source, $destination, $config)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function chmod(string $path, string $visibility): Node
+    {
+        return $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->chmod($path, $visibility)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function write(string $path, mixed $value, array $config = []): File
+    {
+        return $this->ensureTemporary(
+            $this->inner()->write($path, $value, $config)
+        );
+    }
+
+    protected function inner(): Filesystem
+    {
+        return $this->inner;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws FilesystemException
+     */
+    private function ensureTemporary(Node $node): TemporaryFile
+    {
+        if ($node instanceof TemporaryFile) {
+            return $node;
+        }
+
+        if ($node instanceof Image) {
+            return new TemporaryImage($node);
+        }
+
+        return new TemporaryFile($node->ensureFile());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/TemporaryFilesystemTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/TemporaryFilesystemTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc35dcfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/TemporaryFilesystemTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the zenstruck/filesystem package.
+ *
+ * (c) Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Zenstruck\Tests\Filesystem;
+
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem;
+use Zenstruck\Filesystem\TemporaryFilesystem;
+use Zenstruck\Tests\FilesystemTest;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jakub Caban <kuba.iluvatar@gmail.com>
+ */
+class TemporaryFilesystemTest extends FilesystemTest
+{
+    protected function createFilesystem(): Filesystem
+    {
+        return new TemporaryFilesystem(in_memory_filesystem());
+    }
+}