diff --git a/src/Common/SharedLibrary.cpp b/src/Common/SharedLibrary.cpp
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+// Copyright 2016 The SwiftShader Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "SharedLibrary.hpp"
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+std::string getModuleDirectory()
+{
+	static int dummy_symbol = 0;
+
+	HMODULE module = NULL;
+	GetModuleHandleEx(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS, (LPCTSTR)&dummy_symbol, &module);
+
+	char filename[1024];
+	if(module && (GetModuleFileName(module, filename, sizeof(filename)) != 0))
+	{
+		std::string directory(filename);
+		return directory.substr(0, directory.find_last_of("\\/") + 1).c_str();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return "";
+	}
+}
+#else
+std::string getModuleDirectory()
+{
+	static int dummy_symbol = 0;
+
+	Dl_info dl_info;
+	if(dladdr(&dummy_symbol, &dl_info) != 0)
+	{
+		std::string directory(dl_info.dli_fname);
+		return directory.substr(0, directory.find_last_of("\\/") + 1).c_str();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return "";
+	}
+}
+#endif