diff --git a/src/scmrepo/fs.py b/src/scmrepo/fs.py
index 850d1133..6efff2e8 100644
--- a/src/scmrepo/fs.py
+++ b/src/scmrepo/fs.py
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.trie = trie
         self.rev = self.trie.rev
+        self._cwd = self.root_marker
 
     def getcwd(self):
-        return self.root_marker
+        return self._cwd
 
     def chdir(self, path):
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        self._cwd = path
 
     @classmethod
     def join(cls, *parts):