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diff --git a/flower/file-name.cc b/flower/file-name.cc
index c65d8fc7ed..990e3d6d91 100644
--- a/flower/file-name.cc
+++ b/flower/file-name.cc
@@ -77,9 +77,21 @@ dir_name (const string &file_name)
 string
 get_working_directory ()
 {
-  char cwd[PATH_MAX];
-  // getcwd returns NULL upon a failure, contents of cwd would be undefined!
-  return string (getcwd (cwd, PATH_MAX));
+#ifdef PATH_MAX
+  vector<char> cwd (PATH_MAX);
+#else
+  vector<char> cwd (1024);
+#endif
+  while (getcwd (cwd.data (), cwd.size ()) == NULL)
+    {
+      if (errno != ERANGE)
+        {
+          // getcwd () fails.
+          return "";
+        }
+      cwd.resize (cwd.size () * 2);
+    }
+  return string (cwd.data ());
 }
 
 /* Join components to full file_name. */