diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -1852,6 +1852,16 @@ def user(repo, subset, x):
     """
     return author(repo, subset, x)
 
+def wdir(repo, subset, x):
+    """``wdir()``
+    Working directory.
+    """
+    # i18n: "wdir" is a keyword
+    getargs(x, 0, 0, _("wdir takes no arguments"))
+    if None in subset:
+        return baseset([None])
+    return baseset()
+
 # for internal use
 def _list(repo, subset, x):
     s = getstring(x, "internal error")
@@ -1947,6 +1957,7 @@ symbols = {
     "tagged": tagged,
     "user": user,
     "unstable": unstable,
+    "wdir": wdir,
     "_list": _list,
     "_intlist": _intlist,
     "_hexlist": _hexlist,
@@ -2019,6 +2030,7 @@ safesymbols = set([
     "tagged",
     "user",
     "unstable",
+    "wdir",
     "_list",
     "_intlist",
     "_hexlist",
diff --git a/tests/test-revset.t b/tests/test-revset.t
--- a/tests/test-revset.t
+++ b/tests/test-revset.t
@@ -509,6 +509,14 @@ Test null revision
   1
   0
 
+Test working-directory revision
+  $ hg debugrevspec 'wdir()'
+  None
+  $ hg debugrevspec 'tip or wdir()'
+  9
+  None
+  $ hg debugrevspec '0:tip and wdir()'
+
   $ log 'outgoing()'
   8
   9
diff --git a/tests/test-status.t b/tests/test-status.t
--- a/tests/test-status.t
+++ b/tests/test-status.t
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ Check 'status -q' and some combinations
   $ rm deleted
   $ hg copy modified copied
 
+Specify working directory revision explicitly, that should be the same as
+"hg status"
+
+  $ hg status --change "wdir()"
+  M modified
+  A added
+  A copied
+  R removed
+  ! deleted
+  ? unknown
+
 Run status with 2 different flags.
 Check if result is the same or different.
 If result is not as expected, raise error