diff --git a/src/common/pathTools.cpp b/src/common/pathTools.cpp
index 7e7f4bd05..a01934ca3 100644
--- a/src/common/pathTools.cpp
+++ b/src/common/pathTools.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #elif _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "Shlwapi.h"
+#include <direct.h>
+#define getcwd _getcwd // stupid MSFT "deprecation" warning
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 #define SEPARATOR "\\"
 #else
 #define SEPARATOR "/"
+#include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PATH_MAX
@@ -238,3 +241,10 @@ bool writeTextFile(const string &path, const string &content) {
   file.close();
   return true;
 }
+
+string getCurrentDirectory() {
+  char* a_cwd = getcwd(NULL,0);
+  string s_cwd(a_cwd);
+  free(a_cwd);
+  return s_cwd;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/pathTools.h b/src/common/pathTools.h
index 783179b0e..7dc5f8cdc 100644
--- a/src/common/pathTools.h
+++ b/src/common/pathTools.h
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ bool makeDirectory(const string &path);
 bool copyFile(const string &sourcePath, const string &destPath);
 string getLastPathElement(const string &path);
 string getExecutablePath();
-
+string getCurrentDirectory();
 bool writeTextFile(const string &path, const string &content);
 #endif