diff --git a/engine/client/cl_gameui.c b/engine/client/cl_gameui.c
index af0307ec..3122e938 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_gameui.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_gameui.c
@@ -1167,6 +1167,14 @@ static void GAME_EXPORT pfnSetCursor( void *hCursor )
 	Platform_SetCursorType( cursor );
 }
 
+static void GAME_EXPORT pfnGetGameDir( char *out )
+{
+	if( !out )
+		return;
+
+	Q_strncpy( out, GI->gamefolder, sizeof( GI->gamefolder ));
+}
+
 // engine callbacks
 static const ui_enginefuncs_t gEngfuncs =
 {
diff --git a/engine/common/common.c b/engine/common/common.c
index afc784b5..f3a37f16 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.c
+++ b/engine/common/common.c
@@ -897,18 +897,6 @@ float GAME_EXPORT pfnTime( void )
 	return (float)Sys_DoubleTime();
 }
 
-/*
-=============
-pfnGetGameDir
-
-=============
-*/
-void GAME_EXPORT pfnGetGameDir( char *szGetGameDir )
-{
-	if( !szGetGameDir ) return;
-	Q_strncpy( szGetGameDir, GI->gamefolder, sizeof( GI->gamefolder ));
-}
-
 qboolean COM_IsSafeFileToDownload( const char *filename )
 {
 	char		lwrfilename[4096];
diff --git a/engine/common/common.h b/engine/common/common.h
index 39045637..cc33743e 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.h
+++ b/engine/common/common.h
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ void *Cache_Check( poolhandle_t mempool, struct cache_user_s *c );
 void COM_TrimSpace( const char *source, char *dest );
 void pfnGetModelBounds( model_t *mod, float *mins, float *maxs );
 int COM_CheckParm( char *parm, char **ppnext );
-void pfnGetGameDir( char *szGetGameDir );
 int pfnGetModelType( model_t *mod );
 int pfnIsMapValid( char *filename );
 void Con_Reportf( const char *szFmt, ... ) FORMAT_CHECK( 1 );
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_game.c b/engine/server/sv_game.c
index 7f498b14..dac0bf7a 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_game.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_game.c
@@ -4631,6 +4631,23 @@ static int GAME_EXPORT pfnGetTimesTutorMessageShown( int mid )
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void GAME_EXPORT pfnGetGameDir( char *out )
+{
+	char rootdir[MAX_SYSPATH];
+
+	if( !out )
+		return;
+
+	// in GoldSrc, it's a full path to game directory, limited by 256 characters
+	// however the full path might easily overflow that limitation
+	// here we check if it would overflow and just return game folder in that case
+	if( !g_fsapi.GetRootDirectory( rootdir, sizeof( rootdir ))
+		|| Q_snprintf( out, 256, "%s/%s", rootdir, GI->gamefolder ) < 0 )
+	{
+		Q_strncpy( out, GI->gamefolder, 256 );
+	}
+}
+
 // engine callbacks
 static enginefuncs_t gEngfuncs =
 {