diff --git a/Sources/System/FilePath/FilePath.swift b/Sources/System/FilePath/FilePath.swift
index c2797f5e..5e93fa8b 100644
--- a/Sources/System/FilePath/FilePath.swift
+++ b/Sources/System/FilePath/FilePath.swift
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ public struct FilePath {
 
 // @available(macOS 10.16, iOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0, tvOS 14.0, *)
 extension FilePath {
+  
+  /// Returns the current working directory of this process.
+  ///
+  /// - Warning: This value is global to the proess and care should be taken to make sure it does not unexpectedly change.
+  public static func currentWorkingDirectory() throws -> FilePath {
+    guard let cwd = system_getcwd(nil, 0) else {
+      throw Errno.current
+    }
+    defer { system_free(cwd) }
+    return FilePath(platformString: cwd)
+  }
+  
   /// The length of the file path, excluding the null terminator.
   public var length: Int { _storage.length }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift b/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift
index 453c02fc..6e76f610 100644
--- a/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift
+++ b/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift
@@ -123,3 +123,24 @@ internal func system_pipe(_ fds: UnsafeMutablePointer<Int32>) -> CInt {
   return pipe(fds)
 }
 #endif
+
+#if !os(Windows)
+internal func system_getcwd(_ buf: UnsafeMutablePointer<CInterop.PlatformChar>?, _ size: size_t) -> UnsafeMutablePointer<CInterop.PlatformChar>? {
+#if ENABLE_MOCKING
+  if mockingEnabled {
+    /// I'm not really sure how to mock this since `buf` is passed in uninitialized and it needs to return something
+    fatalError()
+  }
+#endif
+  return getcwd(buf, size)
+}
+#endif
+
+#if !os(Windows)
+internal func system_free(_ ptr: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) {
+#if ENABLE_MOCKING
+  if mockingEnabled { _ = _mock(ptr) }
+#endif
+  free(ptr)
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/Tests/SystemTests/FilePathTests/FilePathTest.swift b/Tests/SystemTests/FilePathTests/FilePathTest.swift
index 93bc3504..6c92c11e 100644
--- a/Tests/SystemTests/FilePathTests/FilePathTest.swift
+++ b/Tests/SystemTests/FilePathTests/FilePathTest.swift
@@ -72,5 +72,11 @@ final class FilePathTest: XCTestCase {
       }
     }
   }
+  
+  func testCurrentWorkingDirectory() {
+    XCTAssertEqual(
+      try FilePath.currentWorkingDirectory().string,
+      FileManager.default.currentDirectoryPath)
+  }
 }