diff --git a/bin/alcove.escript b/bin/alcove.escript
index 89e0821..2233d11 100755
--- a/bin/alcove.escript
+++ b/bin/alcove.escript
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ specs() ->
 -spec chdir(port(),iodata()) -> 'ok' | {'error', file:posix()}.
 -spec chroot(port(),iodata()) -> 'ok' | {'error', file:posix()}.
 -spec execvp(port(),iodata(),iodata()) -> 'ok'.
+-spec getcwd(port()) -> {'ok', binary()} | {'error', file:posix()}.
 -spec getgid(port()) -> non_neg_integer().
 -spec getrlimit(port(),non_neg_integer()) -> {'ok', #rlimit{}} | {'error', file:posix()}.
 -spec getuid(port()) -> non_neg_integer().
diff --git a/c_src/alcove_cmd.c b/c_src/alcove_cmd.c
index 2adc137..625b2ee 100644
--- a/c_src/alcove_cmd.c
+++ b/c_src/alcove_cmd.c
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ BADARG:
     return erl_mk_atom("badarg");
 }
 
+/*
+ * getcwd(3)
+ *
+ */
+    static ETERM *
+alcove_getcwd(ETERM *arg)
+{
+    char buf[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+
+    if (!getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf)))
+        return alcove_errno(errno);
+
+    return alcove_ok(erl_mk_binary(buf, strlen(buf)));
+}
+
 /*
  * getgid(2)
  *
diff --git a/c_src/alcove_cmd.proto b/c_src/alcove_cmd.proto
index a29a00f..b7952ed 100644
--- a/c_src/alcove_cmd.proto
+++ b/c_src/alcove_cmd.proto
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 chdir/1
 chroot/1
 execvp/2
+getcwd/0
 getgid/0
 getrlimit/1
 getuid/0