diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index bc24201d5..c075a14b4 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1692,7 +1692,9 @@ void setStackSize(size_t stackSize)
     #endif
 }
 
+#if __linux__
 static AutoCloseFD fdSavedMountNamespace;
+#endif
 
 void saveMountNamespace()
 {
@@ -1711,8 +1713,13 @@ void restoreMountNamespace()
 {
 #if __linux__
     try {
+        auto savedCwd = absPath(".");
+
         if (fdSavedMountNamespace && setns(fdSavedMountNamespace.get(), CLONE_NEWNS) == -1)
             throw SysError("restoring parent mount namespace");
+        if (chdir(savedCwd.c_str()) == -1) {
+            throw SysError("restoring cwd");
+        }
     } catch (Error & e) {
         debug(e.msg());
     }