diff --git a/sched/init/nx_bringup.c b/sched/init/nx_bringup.c
index 63f703b1a83..04d9ed8d267 100644
--- a/sched/init/nx_bringup.c
+++ b/sched/init/nx_bringup.c
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ int nx_bringup(void)
    * by all of the threads created by the IDLE task.
    */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIB_HOMEDIR
+  setenv("PWD", CONFIG_LIB_HOMEDIR, 1);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL
   setenv("PATH", CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL, 1);
 #endif