diff --git a/.github/.wordlist.txt b/.github/.wordlist.txt
index 82beacd143f390..e4ab44a3c14428 100644
--- a/.github/.wordlist.txt
+++ b/.github/.wordlist.txt
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ optionsOverride
 orgs
 OTA
 OTADownloader
+otaDownloadPath
 otaImageList
 OTAImageProcessorDriver
 OTAImageProcessorInterface
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/README.md b/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/README.md
index 47434a8151f758..081e38bf78c490 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/README.md
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ following command line options are available for the OTA Requestor application.
 | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | -q/--delayQuery <Time in seconds> | From boot up, the amount of time to wait before triggering the QueryImage command. If none or zero is supplied, QueryImage will not be triggered automatically. At least one provider location must be written to the DefaultOTAProviders attribute. |
 | -c/--requestorCanConsent          | If supplied, the RequestorCanConsent field of the QueryImage command is set to true. Otherwise, the value is determined by the driver.                                                                                                               |
+| -f/--otaDownloadPath <file path>  | If supplied, the OTA image is downloaded to the given fully-qualified file-path. Otherwise, the value defaults to /tmp/test.bin.                                                                                                                     |
 
 ## Software Image Header
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ Follow instructions
 #### Run the OTA Requestor application:
 
 ```
-out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator ${REQUESTOR_LONG_DISCRIMINATOR} --secured-device-port ${REQUESTOR_UDP_PORT} --KVS ${KVS_STORE_LOCATION} --delayQuery ${TIME_IN_SECONDS}
+out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator ${REQUESTOR_LONG_DISCRIMINATOR} --secured-device-port ${REQUESTOR_UDP_PORT} --KVS ${KVS_STORE_LOCATION} --delayQuery ${TIME_IN_SECONDS} --otaDownloadPath ${OTA_FILE_PATH}
 ```
 
 -   `${REQUESTOR_LONG_DISCRIMINATOR}` is the long discriminator specified for
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator ${REQUESTOR_LONG_DISCRIMINATOR} --sec
     the value used by the OTA Provider application.
 -   `${TIME_IN_SECONDS}` is the amount of time to wait before triggering the
     QueryImage command specified by the DefaultOTAProviders attribute
+-   `${OTA_FILE_PATH}` is the fully-qualified path for the OTA file download
+    location
 
 #### Commission the OTA Requestor application
 
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ scripts/examples/gn_build_example.sh examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/ out chip_
 **Run the OTA Requestor application**
 
 ```
-out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator 18 --secured-device-port 5560 --KVS /tmp/chip_kvs_requestor --delayQuery 30
+out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator 18 --secured-device-port 5560 --KVS /tmp/chip_kvs_requestor --delayQuery 30 --otaDownloadPath /tmp/test.bin
 ```
 
 #### In terminal 3:
@@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ specified below:
 
 ```
 scripts/examples/gn_build_example.sh examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/ out chip_config_network_layer_ble=false
-out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator 18 --secured-device-port 5560 --KVS /tmp/chip_kvs_requestor
+out/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator 18 --secured-device-port 5560 --KVS /tmp/chip_kvs_requestor --otaDownloadPath /tmp/test.bin
 ```
 
 **Commission to the first fabric**
@@ -297,6 +300,3 @@ out/chip-tool otasoftwareupdaterequestor read default-ota-providers 0x858 0 --co
 ```
 
 ## Limitations
-
--   Stores the downloaded file in the directory this reference app is launched
-    from
diff --git a/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/main.cpp b/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/main.cpp
index 904ca0b4ef935e..4472d021a3a791 100644
--- a/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/ota-requestor-app/linux/main.cpp
@@ -56,13 +56,17 @@ void OnStartDelayTimerHandler(Layer * systemLayer, void * appState);
 
 constexpr uint16_t kOptionDelayQuery          = 'q';
 constexpr uint16_t kOptionRequestorCanConsent = 'c';
+constexpr uint16_t kOptionOtaDownloadPath     = 'f';
+constexpr size_t kMaxFilePathSize             = 256;
 
 uint16_t delayQueryTimeInSec = 0;
 chip::Optional<bool> gRequestorCanConsent;
+static char gOtaDownloadPath[kMaxFilePathSize] = "/tmp/test.bin";
 
 OptionDef cmdLineOptionsDef[] = {
     { "delayQuery", chip::ArgParser::kArgumentRequired, kOptionDelayQuery },
     { "requestorCanConsent", chip::ArgParser::kNoArgument, kOptionRequestorCanConsent },
+    { "otaDownloadPath", chip::ArgParser::kArgumentRequired, kOptionOtaDownloadPath },
     {},
 };
 
@@ -73,7 +77,10 @@ OptionSet cmdLineOptions = { HandleOptions, cmdLineOptionsDef, "PROGRAM OPTIONS"
                              "least one provider location must be written to the DefaultOTAProviders attribute.\n"
                              "  -c/--requestorCanConsent\n"
                              "        If supplied, the RequestorCanConsent field of the QueryImage command is set to true.\n"
-                             "        Otherwise, the value is determined by the driver.\n " };
+                             "        Otherwise, the value is determined by the driver.\n "
+                             "  -f/--otaDownloadPath <file path>\n"
+                             "        If supplied, the OTA image is downloaded to the given fully-qualified file-path.\n"
+                             "        Otherwise, the value defaults to /tmp/test.bin.\n " };
 
 OptionSet * allOptions[] = { &cmdLineOptions, nullptr };
 
@@ -87,10 +94,8 @@ static void InitOTARequestor(void)
 
     // WARNING: this is probably not realistic to know such details of the image or to even have an OTADownloader instantiated at
     // the beginning of program execution. We're using hardcoded values here for now since this is a reference application.
-    // TODO: instatiate and initialize these values when QueryImageResponse tells us an image is available
-    // TODO: add API for OTARequestor to pass QueryImageResponse info to the application to use for OTADownloader init
     OTAImageProcessorParams ipParams;
-    ipParams.imageFile = CharSpan("test.txt");
+    ipParams.imageFile = CharSpan::fromCharString(gOtaDownloadPath);
     gImageProcessor.SetOTAImageProcessorParams(ipParams);
     gImageProcessor.SetOTADownloader(&gDownloader);
 
@@ -110,6 +115,9 @@ bool HandleOptions(const char * aProgram, OptionSet * aOptions, int aIdentifier,
     case kOptionRequestorCanConsent:
         gRequestorCanConsent.SetValue(true);
         break;
+    case kOptionOtaDownloadPath:
+        chip::Platform::CopyString(gOtaDownloadPath, aValue);
+        break;
     default:
         PrintArgError("%s: INTERNAL ERROR: Unhandled option: %s\n", aProgram, aName);
         retval = false;
diff --git a/scripts/tests/ota_test.sh b/scripts/tests/ota_test.sh
index 4a2642a25710d0..96698b57937538 100755
--- a/scripts/tests/ota_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests/ota_test.sh
@@ -3,24 +3,30 @@
 PASSCODE=${1:-20202021}
 DISCRIMINATOR=${2:-42}
 UDP_PORT=${3:-5560}
+OTA_DOWNLOAD_PATH=${4:-"/tmp/test.bin"}
 
-pkill chip-ota-provider-app
-pkill chip-ota-requestor-app
+FIRMWARE_BIN="my-firmware.bin"
+FIRMWARE_OTA="my-firmware.ota"
+
+OTA_PROVIDER_APP="chip-ota-provider-app"
+OTA_REQUESTOR_APP="chip-ota-requestor-app"
+
+killall -e "$OTA_PROVIDER_APP" "$OTA_REQUESTOR_APP"
+rm -f "$FIRMWARE_OTA" "$FIRMWARE_BIN" "$OTA_DOWNLOAD_PATH"
 
 scripts/examples/gn_build_example.sh examples/chip-tool out/
 
-touch my-firmware.bin
+echo "Test" >"$FIRMWARE_BIN"
 
 rm /tmp/chip_*
 
-./src/app/ota_image_tool.py create -v 0xDEAD -p 0xBEEF -vn 1 -vs "1.0" -da sha256 my-firmware.bin my-firmware.ota
+./src/app/ota_image_tool.py create -v 0xDEAD -p 0xBEEF -vn 1 -vs "1.0" -da sha256 "$FIRMWARE_BIN" "$FIRMWARE_OTA"
 
-if [ ! -f "my-firmware.ota" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "$FIRMWARE_OTA" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-./out/ota_provider_debug/chip-ota-provider-app -f my-firmware.ota | tee /tmp/ota/provider-log.txt &
-provider_pid=$!
+./out/ota_provider_debug/"$OTA_PROVIDER_APP" -f "$FIRMWARE_OTA" | tee /tmp/ota/provider-log.txt &
 
 echo "Commissioning Provider"
 
@@ -33,8 +39,7 @@ fi
 
 ./out/chip-tool accesscontrol write acl '[{"fabricIndex": 1, "privilege": 5, "authMode": 2, "subjects": [112233], "targets": null}, {"fabricIndex": 1, "privilege": 3, "authMode": 2, "subjects": null, "targets": null}]' 1 0
 
-stdbuf -o0 ./out/ota_requestor_debug/chip-ota-requestor-app --discriminator "$DISCRIMINATOR" --secured-device-port "$UDP_PORT" --KVS /tmp/chip_kvs_requestor | tee /tmp/ota/requestor-log.txt &
-requestor_pid=$!
+stdbuf -o0 ./out/ota_requestor_debug/"$OTA_REQUESTOR_APP" --discriminator "$DISCRIMINATOR" --secured-device-port "$UDP_PORT" --KVS /tmp/chip_kvs_requestor --otaDownloadPath "$OTA_DOWNLOAD_PATH" | tee /tmp/ota/requestor-log.txt &
 
 echo "Commissioning Requestor"
 
@@ -54,10 +59,9 @@ timeout 30 grep -q "OTA image downloaded to" <(tail -n0 -f /tmp/ota/requestor-lo
 
 echo "Exiting, logs are in tmp/ota/"
 
-kill "$provider_pid"
-kill "$requestor_pid"
+killall -e "$OTA_PROVIDER_APP" "$OTA_REQUESTOR_APP"
 
-if grep "OTA image downloaded to" /tmp/ota/requestor-log.txt; then
+if cmp "$OTA_DOWNLOAD_PATH" "$FIRMWARE_BIN"; then
     echo Test passed && exit 0
 else
     echo Test failed && exit 1