diff --git a/contrib/mercurial.el b/contrib/mercurial.el
--- a/contrib/mercurial.el
+++ b/contrib/mercurial.el
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ Push changes                          G 
   (let ((root (hg-root)))
     (hg-view-output (hg-output-buffer-name)
       (apply 'call-process (hg-binary) nil t nil
-	     (list "-C" root "status" path)))))
+	     (list "--cwd" root "status" path)))))
 
 (defun hg-undo ()
   (interactive)