diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index ba073f526e..91b46387a2 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1101,8 +1101,32 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 {
-	wchar_t wpointer[MAX_PATH];
-	if (!_wgetcwd(wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer)))
+	wchar_t cwd[MAX_PATH], wpointer[MAX_PATH];
+	DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, DWORD, GetFinalPathNameByHandleW,
+			  HANDLE, LPWSTR, DWORD, DWORD);
+	DWORD ret = GetCurrentDirectoryW(ARRAY_SIZE(cwd), cwd);
+
+	if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(cwd)) {
+		errno = ret ? ENAMETOOLONG : err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	ret = GetLongPathNameW(cwd, wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer));
+	if (!ret && GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
+		INIT_PROC_ADDR(GetFinalPathNameByHandleW)) {
+		HANDLE hnd = CreateFileW(cwd, 0,
+			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+		if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+			return NULL;
+		ret = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hnd, wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer), 0);
+		CloseHandle(hnd);
+		if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer))
+			return NULL;
+		if (xwcstoutf(pointer, normalize_ntpath(wpointer), len) < 0)
+			return NULL;
+		return pointer;
+	}
+	if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer))
 		return NULL;
 	if (xwcstoutf(pointer, wpointer, len) < 0)
 		return NULL;