diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6572d8e..7aed229 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -402,13 +402,11 @@ impl Config {
 
     match &self.subcommand {
       Dump => self.dump(justfile),
-      Evaluate { overrides } => {
-        self.run(justfile, &search.working_directory, overrides, &Vec::new())
-      }
+      Evaluate { overrides } => self.run(justfile, &search, overrides, &Vec::new()),
       Run {
         arguments,
         overrides,
-      } => self.run(justfile, &search.working_directory, overrides, arguments),
+      } => self.run(justfile, &search, overrides, arguments),
       List => self.list(justfile),
       Show { ref name } => self.show(&name, justfile),
       Summary => self.summary(justfile),
@@ -561,7 +559,7 @@ impl Config {
   fn run(
     &self,
     justfile: Justfile,
-    working_directory: &Path,
+    search: &Search,
     overrides: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
     arguments: &[String],
   ) -> Result<(), i32> {
@@ -569,7 +567,7 @@ impl Config {
       warn!("Failed to set CTRL-C handler: {}", error)
     }
 
-    let result = justfile.run(&self, working_directory, overrides, arguments);
+    let result = justfile.run(&self, search, overrides, arguments);
 
     if !self.quiet {
       result.eprint(self.color)
diff --git a/src/evaluator.rs b/src/evaluator.rs
index c257740..8f5d103 100644
--- a/src/evaluator.rs
+++ b/src/evaluator.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Evaluator<'src: 'run, 'run> {
   dotenv: &'run BTreeMap<String, String>,
   scope: Scope<'src, 'run>,
   settings: &'run Settings<'run>,
-  working_directory: &'run Path,
+  search: &'run Search,
 }
 
 impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
     dotenv: &'run BTreeMap<String, String>,
     overrides: Scope<'src, 'run>,
     settings: &'run Settings<'run>,
-    working_directory: &'run Path,
+    search: &'run Search,
   ) -> RunResult<'src, Scope<'src, 'run>> {
     let mut evaluator = Evaluator {
       scope: overrides,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
       config,
       dotenv,
       settings,
-      working_directory,
+      search,
     };
 
     for assignment in assignments.values() {
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
       }
       Expression::Call { thunk } => {
         let context = FunctionContext {
-          invocation_directory: &self.config.invocation_directory,
-          working_directory: &self.working_directory,
           dotenv: self.dotenv,
+          invocation_directory: &self.config.invocation_directory,
+          search: self.search,
         };
 
         use Thunk::*;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
 
     cmd.arg(raw);
 
-    cmd.current_dir(self.working_directory);
+    cmd.current_dir(&self.search.working_directory);
 
     cmd.export(self.dotenv, &self.scope);
 
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
     arguments: &[&str],
     scope: &'run Scope<'src, 'run>,
     settings: &'run Settings,
-    working_directory: &'run Path,
+    search: &'run Search,
   ) -> RunResult<'src, Scope<'src, 'run>> {
     let mut evaluator = Evaluator {
       assignments: None,
       scope: Scope::child(scope),
+      search,
       settings,
       dotenv,
       config,
-      working_directory,
     };
 
     let mut scope = Scope::child(scope);
@@ -211,15 +211,15 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
     dotenv: &'run BTreeMap<String, String>,
     scope: &'run Scope<'src, 'run>,
     settings: &'run Settings,
-    working_directory: &'run Path,
+    search: &'run Search,
   ) -> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
     Evaluator {
       assignments: None,
       scope: Scope::child(scope),
+      search,
       settings,
       dotenv,
       config,
-      working_directory,
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/function.rs b/src/function.rs
index 5fe186f..7539dc6 100644
--- a/src/function.rs
+++ b/src/function.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::common::*;
 
 use target;
+use Function::*;
 
 pub(crate) enum Function {
   Nullary(fn(&FunctionContext) -> Result<String, String>),
@@ -10,15 +11,14 @@ pub(crate) enum Function {
 
 lazy_static! {
   pub(crate) static ref TABLE: BTreeMap<&'static str, Function> = vec![
-    ("arch", Function::Nullary(arch)),
-    ("os", Function::Nullary(os)),
-    ("os_family", Function::Nullary(os_family)),
-    ("env_var", Function::Unary(env_var)),
-    ("env_var_or_default", Function::Binary(env_var_or_default)),
-    (
-      "invocation_directory",
-      Function::Nullary(invocation_directory)
-    ),
+    ("arch", Nullary(arch)),
+    ("os", Nullary(os)),
+    ("os_family", Nullary(os_family)),
+    ("justfile_directory", Nullary(justfile_directory)),
+    ("justfile", Nullary(justfile)),
+    ("invocation_directory", Nullary(invocation_directory)),
+    ("env_var", Unary(env_var)),
+    ("env_var_or_default", Binary(env_var_or_default)),
   ]
   .into_iter()
   .collect();
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ lazy_static! {
 
 impl Function {
   pub(crate) fn argc(&self) -> usize {
-    use self::Function::*;
     match *self {
       Nullary(_) => 0,
       Unary(_) => 1,
@@ -48,8 +47,44 @@ fn os_family(_context: &FunctionContext) -> Result<String, String> {
 }
 
 fn invocation_directory(context: &FunctionContext) -> Result<String, String> {
-  Platform::to_shell_path(context.working_directory, context.invocation_directory)
-    .map_err(|e| format!("Error getting shell path: {}", e))
+  Platform::to_shell_path(
+    &context.search.working_directory,
+    context.invocation_directory,
+  )
+  .map_err(|e| format!("Error getting shell path: {}", e))
+}
+
+fn justfile(context: &FunctionContext) -> Result<String, String> {
+  context
+    .search
+    .justfile
+    .to_str()
+    .map(str::to_owned)
+    .ok_or_else(|| {
+      format!(
+        "Justfile path is not valid unicode: {}",
+        context.search.justfile.to_string_lossy()
+      )
+    })
+}
+
+fn justfile_directory(context: &FunctionContext) -> Result<String, String> {
+  let justfile_directory = context.search.justfile.parent().ok_or_else(|| {
+    format!(
+      "Could not resolve justfile directory. Justfile `{}` had no parent.",
+      context.search.justfile.display()
+    )
+  })?;
+
+  justfile_directory
+    .to_str()
+    .map(str::to_owned)
+    .ok_or_else(|| {
+      format!(
+        "Justfile directory is not valid unicode: {}",
+        justfile_directory.to_string_lossy()
+      )
+    })
 }
 
 fn env_var(context: &FunctionContext, key: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
diff --git a/src/function_context.rs b/src/function_context.rs
index 074b148..3a5a435 100644
--- a/src/function_context.rs
+++ b/src/function_context.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::common::*;
 
 pub(crate) struct FunctionContext<'run> {
-  pub(crate) invocation_directory: &'run Path,
-  pub(crate) working_directory: &'run Path,
   pub(crate) dotenv: &'run BTreeMap<String, String>,
+  pub(crate) invocation_directory: &'run Path,
+  pub(crate) search: &'run Search,
 }
diff --git a/src/justfile.rs b/src/justfile.rs
index 86583eb..ee07ccc 100644
--- a/src/justfile.rs
+++ b/src/justfile.rs
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
     None
   }
 
-  pub(crate) fn run(
-    &'src self,
-    config: &'src Config,
-    working_directory: &'src Path,
-    overrides: &'src BTreeMap<String, String>,
-    arguments: &'src [String],
-  ) -> RunResult<'src, ()> {
+  pub(crate) fn run<'run>(
+    &'run self,
+    config: &'run Config,
+    search: &'run Search,
+    overrides: &'run BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    arguments: &'run [String],
+  ) -> RunResult<'run, ()> {
     let argvec: Vec<&str> = if !arguments.is_empty() {
       arguments.iter().map(|argument| argument.as_str()).collect()
     } else if let Some(recipe) = self.first() {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
         &dotenv,
         scope,
         &self.settings,
-        working_directory,
+        search,
       )?
     };
 
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
       settings: &self.settings,
       config,
       scope,
-      working_directory,
+      search,
     };
 
     let mut ran = BTreeSet::new();
     for (recipe, arguments) in grouped {
-      self.run_recipe(&context, recipe, arguments, &dotenv, &mut ran)?
+      self.run_recipe(&context, recipe, arguments, &dotenv, &search, &mut ran)?
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
     recipe: &Recipe<'src>,
     arguments: &[&'run str],
     dotenv: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    search: &'run Search,
     ran: &mut BTreeSet<Vec<String>>,
   ) -> RunResult<'src, ()> {
     let scope = Evaluator::evaluate_parameters(
@@ -212,16 +213,11 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
       arguments,
       &context.scope,
       context.settings,
-      context.working_directory,
+      search,
     )?;
 
-    let mut evaluator = Evaluator::recipe_evaluator(
-      context.config,
-      dotenv,
-      &scope,
-      context.settings,
-      context.working_directory,
-    );
+    let mut evaluator =
+      Evaluator::recipe_evaluator(context.config, dotenv, &scope, context.settings, search);
 
     for Dependency { recipe, arguments } in &recipe.dependencies {
       let mut invocation = vec![recipe.name().to_owned()];
@@ -236,11 +232,11 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
           .skip(1)
           .map(String::as_ref)
           .collect::<Vec<&str>>();
-        self.run_recipe(context, recipe, &arguments, dotenv, ran)?;
+        self.run_recipe(context, recipe, &arguments, dotenv, search, ran)?;
       }
     }
 
-    recipe.run(context, dotenv, scope)?;
+    recipe.run(context, dotenv, scope, search)?;
 
     let mut invocation = Vec::new();
     invocation.push(recipe.name().to_owned());
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 612e7b8..0abcdf9 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
     context: &RecipeContext<'src, 'run>,
     dotenv: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
     scope: Scope<'src, 'run>,
+    search: &'run Search,
   ) -> RunResult<'src, ()> {
     let config = &context.config;
 
@@ -82,13 +83,8 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
       );
     }
 
-    let mut evaluator = Evaluator::recipe_evaluator(
-      context.config,
-      dotenv,
-      &scope,
-      context.settings,
-      context.working_directory,
-    );
+    let mut evaluator =
+      Evaluator::recipe_evaluator(context.config, dotenv, &scope, context.settings, search);
 
     if self.shebang {
       let mut evaluated_lines = vec![];
@@ -166,12 +162,16 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
       })?;
 
       // create a command to run the script
-      let mut command =
-        Platform::make_shebang_command(&path, context.working_directory, interpreter, argument)
-          .map_err(|output_error| RuntimeError::Cygpath {
-            recipe: self.name(),
-            output_error,
-          })?;
+      let mut command = Platform::make_shebang_command(
+        &path,
+        &context.search.working_directory,
+        interpreter,
+        argument,
+      )
+      .map_err(|output_error| RuntimeError::Cygpath {
+        recipe: self.name(),
+        output_error,
+      })?;
 
       command.export(dotenv, &scope);
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
 
         let mut cmd = context.settings.shell_command(config);
 
-        cmd.current_dir(context.working_directory);
+        cmd.current_dir(&context.search.working_directory);
 
         cmd.arg(command);
 
diff --git a/src/recipe_context.rs b/src/recipe_context.rs
index 8e3abbb..0c0dc34 100644
--- a/src/recipe_context.rs
+++ b/src/recipe_context.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ use crate::common::*;
 pub(crate) struct RecipeContext<'src: 'run, 'run> {
   pub(crate) config: &'run Config,
   pub(crate) scope: Scope<'src, 'run>,
-  pub(crate) working_directory: &'run Path,
+  pub(crate) search: &'run Search,
   pub(crate) settings: &'run Settings<'src>,
 }
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index 34cbb49..1625cab 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::common::*;
 
 use std::path::Component;
 
-const FILENAME: &str = "justfile";
+pub(crate) const FILENAME: &str = "justfile";
 const PROJECT_ROOT_CHILDREN: &[&str] = &[".bzr", ".git", ".hg", ".svn", "_darcs"];
 
 pub(crate) struct Search {
diff --git a/src/testing.rs b/src/testing.rs
index 42fc6d7..d3ac8f7 100644
--- a/src/testing.rs
+++ b/src/testing.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ pub(crate) fn config(args: &[&str]) -> Config {
   Config::from_matches(&matches).unwrap()
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn search(config: &Config) -> Search {
+  let working_directory = config.invocation_directory.clone();
+  let justfile = working_directory.join(crate::search::FILENAME);
+
+  Search {
+    working_directory,
+    justfile,
+  }
+}
+
 pub(crate) use test_utilities::{tempdir, unindent};
 
 macro_rules! analysis_error {
@@ -80,15 +90,15 @@ macro_rules! run_error {
   } => {
     #[test]
     fn $name() {
-      let config = &$crate::testing::config(&$args);
-      let current_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
+      let config = $crate::testing::config(&$args);
+      let search = $crate::testing::search(&config);
 
       if let Subcommand::Run{ overrides, arguments } = &config.subcommand {
         match $crate::compiler::Compiler::compile(&$crate::testing::unindent($src))
           .expect("Expected successful compilation")
           .run(
-            config,
-            &current_dir,
+            &config,
+            &search,
             &overrides,
             &arguments,
           ).expect_err("Expected runtime error") {