diff --git a/include/xo/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.hpp b/include/xo/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.hpp
index e7dc312..ee2dfae 100644
--- a/include/xo/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ namespace xo {
             using AAllocator = xo::mm::AAllocator;
 
         public:
+            /** create primitive: report current working directory **/
+            static DPrimitive_gco_0 * make_cwd_pm(obj<AAllocator> mm);
+
             /** create primitive: fetch nth element of a sequence **/
             static DPrimitive_gco_2_gco_gco * make_nth_pm(obj<AAllocator> mm);
 
diff --git a/src/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.cpp b/src/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.cpp
index 1cd0086..f5d7ab1 100644
--- a/src/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.cpp
+++ b/src/procedure2/ObjectPrimitives.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <xo/object2/Integer.hpp>
 #include <xo/printable2/Printable.hpp>
 #include <xo/stringtable2/String.hpp>
+#include <unistd.h> // for getcwd()
 
 namespace xo {
     using xo::scm::ASequence;
@@ -21,6 +22,23 @@ namespace xo {
 
     namespace scm {
 
+        // ----- cwd -----
+
+        obj<AGCObject>
+        xfer_cwd(obj<ARuntimeContext> rcx)
+        {
+            char buf[PATH_MAX];
+            ::getcwd(buf, sizeof(buf));
+
+            return obj<AGCObject,DString>(DString::from_cstr(rcx.allocator(), buf));
+        }
+
+        DPrimitive_gco_0 *
+        ObjectPrimitives::make_cwd_pm(obj<AAllocator> mm)
+        {
+            return DPrimitive_gco_0::_make(mm, "cwd", &xfer_cwd);
+        }
+
         // ----- nth -----
 
         // TODO: seq_gc -> obj<ASequence>
diff --git a/src/procedure2/procedure2_register_primitives.cpp b/src/procedure2/procedure2_register_primitives.cpp
index c13dd4d..a5502d6 100644
--- a/src/procedure2/procedure2_register_primitives.cpp
+++ b/src/procedure2/procedure2_register_primitives.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace xo {
 
             bool ok = true;
 
+            ok = ok & install_aux(sink, ObjectPrimitives::make_cwd_pm(mm), flags);
             ok = ok & install_aux(sink, ObjectPrimitives::make_nth_pm(mm), flags);
             ok = ok & install_aux(sink, ObjectPrimitives::make_cons_pm(mm), flags);
             ok = ok & install_aux(sink, ObjectPrimitives::make_dict_make_pm(mm), flags);