diff --git a/platform/src/linux/mod.rs b/platform/src/linux/mod.rs
index 9f2cfb0e020d0ed6d2d3df94e77f877ff1e26cc0..8e06078cd3a218be6781fd536a0835fbf3159767 100644
--- a/platform/src/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/platform/src/linux/mod.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ pub fn ftruncate(fildes: c_int, length: off_t) -> c_int {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn getcwd(buf: *mut c_char, size: size_t) -> *mut c_char {
+    unsafe {
+        syscall!(GETCWD, buf, size);
+        buf as *mut c_char
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 pub fn open(path: *const c_char, oflag: c_int, mode: mode_t) -> c_int {
     unsafe {
diff --git a/platform/src/redox/mod.rs b/platform/src/redox/mod.rs
index dd5e89b0eeae9bbfc000cb2262a451d51becfaa8..b9792e176d27c15f686f59fb0ebd2892f2ed4bf3 100644
--- a/platform/src/redox/mod.rs
+++ b/platform/src/redox/mod.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ pub fn ftruncate(fd: c_int, len: off_t) -> {
     syscall::ftruncate(fd as usize, len as usize)? as c_int
 }
 
+pub fn getcwd(buf: *mut c_char, size: size_t) -> {
+    // XXX: do something with size maybe
+    let rbuf = unsafe { c_str(buf) };
+    syscall::getcwd(rbuf)? as c_int
+}
+
 pub fn open(path: *const c_char, oflag: c_int, mode: mode_t) -> c_int {
     let path = unsafe { c_str(path) };
     syscall::open(path, (oflag as usize) | (mode as usize)).unwrap() as c_int
diff --git a/src/unistd/src/lib.rs b/src/unistd/src/lib.rs
index b8858100f605845413ceba74d3495aeeb8354031..62334071f6209fb2459a3dab589d390457610c14 100644
--- a/src/unistd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/unistd/src/lib.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn ftruncate(fildes: c_int, length: off_t) -> c_int {
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn getcwd(buf: *mut c_char, size: size_t) -> *mut c_char {
-    unimplemented!();
+    platform::getcwd(buf, size)
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]