diff --git a/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp b/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
index 2c3cf5dfe..35a48930f 100644
--- a/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ char * DFHack::Filesystem::getcwd ()
 {
     char *path;
     char buf[LFS_MAXPATHLEN];
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if ((path = ::_getcwd(buf, LFS_MAXPATHLEN)) == NULL)
+#else
     if ((path = ::getcwd(buf, LFS_MAXPATHLEN)) == NULL)
+#endif
         return NULL;
     else
         return path;