diff --git a/platform/x11/godot_x11.cpp b/platform/x11/godot_x11.cpp
index f85ba170201..b727ecbd170 100644
--- a/platform/x11/godot_x11.cpp
+++ b/platform/x11/godot_x11.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 /* TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE     */
 /* SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                */
 /*************************************************************************/
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
 #include "main/main.h"
 #include "os_x11.h"
 
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
 	OS_X11 os;
 
+	char *cwd = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX);
+	getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
+
 	Error err  = Main::setup(argv[0],argc-1,&argv[1]);
 	if (err!=OK)
 		return 255;
@@ -41,5 +47,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		os.run(); // it is actually the OS that decides how to run
 	Main::cleanup();
 
+	chdir(cwd);
+	free(cwd);
+
 	return os.get_exit_code();
 }