diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index d420431b1de8c3..833aa5cec326c3 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -952,11 +952,28 @@ char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len)
 {
 	int i;
 	wchar_t cwd[MAX_PATH], wpointer[MAX_PATH];
+	DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, DWORD, GetFinalPathNameByHandleW,
+			  HANDLE, LPWSTR, DWORD, DWORD);
 	DWORD ret = GetCurrentDirectoryW(ARRAY_SIZE(cwd), cwd);
 
 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(cwd))
 		return NULL;
 	ret = GetLongPathNameW(cwd, wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer));
+	if (!ret && GetLastError() == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED &&
+		INIT_PROC_ADDR(GetFinalPathNameByHandleW)) {
+		HANDLE hnd = CreateFileW(cwd, 0,
+			FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL,
+			OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+		if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+			return NULL;
+		ret = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hnd, wpointer, ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer), 0);
+		CloseHandle(hnd);
+		if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer))
+			return NULL;
+		if (xwcstoutf(pointer, normalize_ntpath(wpointer), len) < 0)
+			return NULL;
+		return pointer;
+	}
 	if (!ret || ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(wpointer))
 		return NULL;
 	if (xwcstoutf(pointer, wpointer, len) < 0)