diff --git a/index_test.go b/index_test.go
index c86c322..fe6fb87 100644
--- a/index_test.go
+++ b/index_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func createTestRepo(t *testing.T) *Repository {
 
 func TestCreateRepoAndStage(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := createTestRepo(t)
-	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Path())
+	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Workdir())
 
 	idx, err := repo.Index()
 	checkFatal(t, err)
diff --git a/reference_test.go b/reference_test.go
index c2da93e..ba32d81 100644
--- a/reference_test.go
+++ b/reference_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestRefModification(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := createTestRepo(t)
-	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Path())
+	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Workdir())
 
 	loc, err := time.LoadLocation("Europe/Berlin")
 	checkFatal(t, err)
diff --git a/repository.go b/repository.go
index 2e53a01..51a2718 100644
--- a/repository.go
+++ b/repository.go
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ func (repo *Repository) Path() string {
 	return C.GoString(C.git_repository_path(repo.ptr))
 }
 
+func (repo *Repository) Workdir() string {
+	return C.GoString(C.git_repository_workdir(repo.ptr))
+}
+
 func (v *Repository) TreeBuilder() (*TreeBuilder, error) {
 	bld := new(TreeBuilder)
 	if ret := C.git_treebuilder_create(&bld.ptr, nil); ret < 0 {