diff --git a/util/mklink.pl b/util/mklink.pl
index c8653cecc37852358a936fba593ab2c0af35de30..d9bc98aab8788cdcca76aecfa3e1a835537df856 100755
--- a/util/mklink.pl
+++ b/util/mklink.pl
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 # 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 = ();