diff --git a/src/doconfig/doconfig.c b/src/doconfig/doconfig.c
index 46b1b809..300e6f42 100644
--- a/src/doconfig/doconfig.c
+++ b/src/doconfig/doconfig.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
  *     Steve McClure, 1996-2000
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,28 @@ char *_ipglob_copyright_header =
     "/*\n *  Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.\n *  Copyright (C) 1986-2000, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,\n *                           Ken Stevens, Steve McClure\n *\n *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify\n *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\n *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or\n *  (at your option) any later version.\n *\n *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the\n *  GNU General Public License for more details.\n *\n *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\n *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software\n *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA\n *\n *  ---\n *\n *  See the \"LEGAL\", \"LICENSE\", \"CREDITS\" and \"README\" files for all the\n *  related information and legal notices. It is expected that any future\n *  projects/authors will amend these files as needed.\n *\n *  ---\n *\n *  ipglob.c: This is an auto-generated file.\n * \n *  Known contributors to this file:\n *     Automatically generated by doconfig.c\n */\n\n";
 
 
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(FBSD) || defined(__APPLE_) || defined(_WIN32)
+#define safe_getcwd() getcwd(NULL, 0)
+#else
+static char *
+safe_getcwd(void)
+{
+    size_t size = 256;
+     
+    for (;;) {
+	char *buf = malloc(size);
+	if (!buf)
+	    return buf;
+	if (getcwd (buf, size))
+	    return buf;
+	free (buf);
+	if (errno != ERANGE)
+	    return NULL;
+	size *= 2;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 int
 main(void)
 {
@@ -63,7 +86,7 @@ main(void)
     char *cp;
     char *pathname;
 
-    if ((pathname = getcwd(NULL, 255)) == NULL) {
+    if ((pathname = safe_getcwd()) == NULL) {
 	printf("Can't get current path!\n");
 	exit(-1);
     }