diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index f216b2f5c3d7..d74bb9414d7c 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         dwarf_getlocations              \
         fortify-source                  \
         sync-compare-and-swap           \
+        get_current_dir_name            \
         glibc                           \
         gtk2                            \
         gtk2-infobar                    \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 0516259be70f..304b984f11b9 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-dwarf_getlocations.bin            \
          test-fortify-source.bin                \
          test-sync-compare-and-swap.bin         \
+         test-get_current_dir_name.bin          \
          test-glibc.bin                         \
          test-gtk2.bin                          \
          test-gtk2-infobar.bin                  \
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-bionic.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libelf.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lelf
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-get_current_dir_name.bin:
+	$(BUILD)
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-glibc.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 8dc20a61341f..56722bfe6bdd 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 # include "test-libelf-mmap.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_get_current_dir_name
+# include "test-get_current_dir_name.c"
+#undef main
+
 #define main main_test_glibc
 # include "test-glibc.c"
 #undef main
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_hello();
 	main_test_libelf();
 	main_test_libelf_mmap();
+	main_test_get_current_dir_name();
 	main_test_glibc();
 	main_test_dwarf();
 	main_test_dwarf_getlocations();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-get_current_dir_name.c b/tools/build/feature/test-get_current_dir_name.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..573000f93212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-get_current_dir_name.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	free(get_current_dir_name());
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index e30d20fb482d..a0e8c23f9125 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ ifndef NO_BIONIC
   endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(feature-get_current_dir_name), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
+endif
+
+
 ifdef NO_LIBELF
   NO_DWARF := 1
   NO_DEMANGLE := 1
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index ecd9f9ceda77..b7bf201fe8a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ libperf-y += evlist.o
 libperf-y += evsel.o
 libperf-y += evsel_fprintf.o
 libperf-y += find_bit.o
+libperf-y += get_current_dir_name.o
 libperf-y += kallsyms.o
 libperf-y += levenshtein.o
 libperf-y += llvm-utils.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c b/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..267aa609a582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// Copyright (C) 2018, Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+//
+#ifndef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
+#include "util.h"
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/* Android's 'bionic' library, for one, doesn't have this */
+
+char *get_current_dir_name(void)
+{
+	char pwd[PATH_MAX];
+
+	return getcwd(pwd, sizeof(pwd)) == NULL ? NULL : strdup(pwd);
+}
+#endif // HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 14508ee7707a..ece040b799f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
 
 const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
 
+#ifndef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
+char *get_current_dir_name(void);
+#endif
+
 #ifndef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU_SUPPORT
 int sched_getcpu(void);
 #endif