diff --git a/tests/testcurl.pl b/tests/testcurl.pl
index b7828d32a78d554b4d1aebb68a18b700b08cb8c6..e726478e11cb7b9602ea7571e8a15961e59a87bb 100755
--- a/tests/testcurl.pl
+++ b/tests/testcurl.pl
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ $str1066os = undef;
 
 # Make $pwd to become the path without newline. We'll use that in order to cut
 # off that path from all possible logs and error messages etc.
-$pwd = cwd();
+$pwd = getcwd();
 
 if (-d $CURLDIR) {
   if ($CVS && -d "$CURLDIR/CVS") {