diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ad6009ec7..e382b534a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ TEST_PROGS  := \
   mv \
   nl \
   paste \
+  pwd \
   seq \
   sort \
   test \
diff --git a/test/pwd.rs b/test/pwd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0800b3ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pwd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::str;
+
+static PROGNAME: &'static str = "./pwd";
+
+#[test]
+fn test_default() {
+    let po = Command::new(PROGNAME)
+        .output()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("{}", err));
+
+    let out = str::from_utf8(&po.stdout[..]).unwrap().trim_right();
+    let expected = env::current_dir().unwrap().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(out, expected);
+}