1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/util/mklink.pl b/src/lib/libcrypto/util/mklink.pl
index c8653cecc3..182732d959 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/util/mklink.pl
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/util/mklink.pl
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@
 # not contain symbolic links and that the parent of / is never referenced.
 # Apart from this, this script should be able to handle even the most
 # pathological cases.
+#
+
+use Cwd;
 
 my $from = shift;
 my @files = @ARGV;
 
 my @from_path = split(/[\\\/]/, $from);
-my $pwd = `pwd`;
-chop($pwd);
+my $pwd = getcwd();
+chomp($pwd);
 my @pwd_path = split(/[\\\/]/, $pwd);
 
 my @to_path = ();