diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index 8c582a8a293..197995e0345 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ ErrorOr<String> gethostname()
     return String(&hostname[0]);
 }
 
+ErrorOr<String> getcwd()
+{
+    auto* cwd = ::getcwd(nullptr, 0);
+    if (!cwd)
+        return Error::from_syscall("getcwd"sv, -errno);
+
+    String string_cwd(cwd);
+    free(cwd);
+    return string_cwd;
+}
+
 ErrorOr<void> ioctl(int fd, unsigned request, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index dc7bc79455d..8adef7d2f83 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> dup(int source_fd);
 ErrorOr<int> dup2(int source_fd, int destination_fd);
 ErrorOr<String> ptsname(int fd);
 ErrorOr<String> gethostname();
+ErrorOr<String> getcwd();
 ErrorOr<void> ioctl(int fd, unsigned request, ...);
 ErrorOr<struct termios> tcgetattr(int fd);
 ErrorOr<void> tcsetattr(int fd, int optional_actions, struct termios const&);