diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/strpool.h b/tools/qfcc/include/strpool.h
index e6e065cb8..6cdc8eb83 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/strpool.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/strpool.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ int strpool_addstr (strpool_t *strpool, const char *str);
 */
 const char *save_string (const char *str);
 
+const char *save_cwd (void);
+
 const char *make_string (char *token, char **end);
 
 const char *html_string (const char *str);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/strpool.c b/tools/qfcc/source/strpool.c
index 8fb7642e6..0f10f81ee 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/strpool.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/strpool.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "QF/dstring.h"
 #include "QF/hash.h"
@@ -140,6 +141,15 @@ save_string (const char *str)
 	return s;
 }
 
+const char *
+save_cwd (void)
+{
+	char       *cwd = getcwd (0, 0);
+	const char *str = save_string (cwd);
+	free (cwd);
+	return str;
+}
+
 const char *
 make_string (char *token, char **end)
 {