diff --git a/usr.bin/make/main.c b/usr.bin/make/main.c
index c3608f35ee9f..4094276d236f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/main.c
+++ b/usr.bin/make/main.c
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	    exit(2);
 	}
 
+	if ((pwd = getenv("PWD")) != NULL) {
+	    if (stat(pwd, &sb) == 0 && sa.st_ino == sb.st_ino &&
+		sa.st_dev == sb.st_dev)
+		(void) strcpy(curdir, pwd);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Get the name of this type of MACHINE from utsname
 	 * so we can share an executable for similar machines.