diff --git a/src/mono/mono/eglib/gfile-posix.c b/src/mono/mono/eglib/gfile-posix.c
index 5bda34cdfc8291..f46f8098f6bcf8 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/eglib/gfile-posix.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/eglib/gfile-posix.c
@@ -161,26 +161,3 @@ g_file_open_tmp (const gchar *tmpl, gchar **name_used, GError **gerror)
 	}
 	return fd;
 }
-
-gchar *
-g_get_current_dir (void)
-{
-	int s = 32;
-	char *buffer = NULL, *r;
-	gboolean fail;
-	
-	do {
-		buffer = g_realloc (buffer, s);
-		r = getcwd (buffer, s);
-		fail = (r == NULL && errno == ERANGE);
-		if (fail) {
-			s <<= 1;
-		}
-	} while (fail);
-
-	/* On amd64 sometimes the bottom 32-bits of r == the bottom 32-bits of buffer
-	 * but the top 32-bits of r have overflown to 0xffffffff (seriously, getcwd
-	 * so we return the buffer here since it has a pointer to the valid string
-	 */
-	return buffer;
-}
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-unix.c b/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-unix.c
index 2a3afc002596ae..2630d515fda5f8 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-unix.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-unix.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
@@ -201,3 +202,25 @@ g_get_tmp_dir (void)
 	return tmp_dir;
 }
 
+gchar *
+g_get_current_dir (void)
+{
+	int s = 32;
+	char *buffer = NULL, *r;
+	gboolean fail;
+
+	do {
+		buffer = g_realloc (buffer, s);
+		r = getcwd (buffer, s);
+		fail = (r == NULL && errno == ERANGE);
+		if (fail) {
+			s <<= 1;
+		}
+	} while (fail);
+
+	/* On amd64 sometimes the bottom 32-bits of r == the bottom 32-bits of buffer
+	 * but the top 32-bits of r have overflown to 0xffffffff (seriously, getcwd
+	 * so we return the buffer here since it has a pointer to the valid string
+	 */
+	return buffer;
+}
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-win32.c b/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-win32.c
index f5589cb63d5320..82860a575ed12d 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-win32.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/eglib/gmisc-win32.c
@@ -232,3 +232,35 @@ g_get_tmp_dir (void)
 	}
 	return tmp_dir;
 }
+
+gchar *
+g_get_current_dir (void)
+{
+	gunichar2 *buffer = NULL;
+	gchar* val = NULL;
+	gint32 retval, buffer_size = MAX_PATH;
+
+	buffer = g_new (gunichar2, buffer_size);
+	retval = GetCurrentDirectoryW (buffer_size, buffer);
+
+	if (retval != 0) {
+		// the size might be larger than MAX_PATH
+		// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=cmd
+		if (retval > buffer_size) {
+			buffer_size = retval;
+			buffer = g_realloc (buffer, buffer_size*sizeof(gunichar2));
+			retval = GetCurrentDirectoryW (buffer_size, buffer);
+		}
+
+		val = u16to8 (buffer);
+	} else {
+		if (GetLastError () != ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND) {
+			val = g_malloc (1);
+			*val = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	g_free (buffer);
+
+	return val;
+}