diff --git a/terminatorlib/cwd.py b/terminatorlib/cwd.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b3d39a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminatorlib/cwd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Terminator by Chris Jones <cmsj@tenshu.net>
+# GPL v2 only
+"""cwd.py - function necessary to get the cwd for a given pid on various OSes"""
+
+import platform
+import os
+from util import dbg
+
+def get_pidcwd():
+    """Determine an appropriate cwd function for the OS we are running on"""
+
+    func = lambda pid: None
+    system = platform.system()
+
+    if system == 'Linux':
+        dbg('Using Linux get_pid_cwd')
+        func = lambda pid: os.path.realpath('/proc/%s/cwd' % pid)
+    elif system == 'FreeBSD':
+        try:
+            import freebsd
+            func = freebsd.get_process_cwd
+            dbg('Using FreeBSD get_pid_cwd')
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError, ImportError):
+            dbg('FreeBSD version too old for get_pid_cwd')
+    elif system == 'SunOS':
+        dbg('Using SunOS get_pid_cwd')
+        func = lambda pid: os.path.realpath('/proc/%s/path/cwd' % pid)
+    else:
+        dbg('Unable to determine a get_pid_cwd for OS: %s' % system)
+
+    return(func)
+
+# vim: set expandtab ts=4 sw=4: