diff --git a/osdep/io.c b/osdep/io.c
index 26889189cf..1e1bf19ccf 100644
--- a/osdep/io.c
+++ b/osdep/io.c
@@ -335,6 +335,24 @@ int mp_mkdir(const char *path, int mode)
     return res;
 }
 
+char *mp_win32_getcwd(char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+    wchar_t *wres = _wgetcwd(NULL, 0);
+    if (!wres)
+        return NULL;
+    char *t = mp_to_utf8(NULL, wres);
+    free(wres);
+    size_t st = strlen(t);
+    if (st >= size) {
+        talloc_free(t);
+        errno = ERANGE;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf, t, st + 1);
+    talloc_free(t);
+    return buf;
+}
+
 FILE *mp_tmpfile(void)
 {
     // Reserve a file name in the format %TMP%\mpvXXXX.TMP
diff --git a/osdep/io.h b/osdep/io.h
index 333ed4f808..01c7c8bfdf 100644
--- a/osdep/io.h
+++ b/osdep/io.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ DIR *mp_opendir(const char *path);
 struct dirent *mp_readdir(DIR *dir);
 int mp_closedir(DIR *dir);
 int mp_mkdir(const char *path, int mode);
+char *mp_win32_getcwd(char *buf, size_t size);
 FILE *mp_tmpfile(void);
 char *mp_getenv(const char *name);
 off_t mp_lseek(int fd, off_t offset, int whence);
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ void mp_globfree(mp_glob_t *pglob);
 #define readdir(...) mp_readdir(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define closedir(...) mp_closedir(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define mkdir(...) mp_mkdir(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define getcwd(...) mp_win32_getcwd(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define tmpfile(...) mp_tmpfile(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define getenv(...) mp_getenv(__VA_ARGS__)