diff --git a/lib-src/etags.c b/lib-src/etags.c
index 629ee48c2fb..22e6d35ae10 100644
--- a/lib-src/etags.c
+++ b/lib-src/etags.c
@@ -4644,7 +4644,7 @@ concat (s1, s2, s3)
 char *
 etags_getcwd ()
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_GETCWD
+#if defined (HAVE_GETCWD) || defined (WINDOWSNT)
   int bufsize = 200;
   char *path = xnew (bufsize, char);