diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8089581af..2aa520c4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Changes between 2.2.1 and 2.2.2.dev
   test directory was renamed and some pyc/__pycache__ remain
 - fix issue106: allow parametrize to be applied multiple times
   e.g. from module, class and at function level.
+- add chdir method to monkeypatch funcarg
 
 Changes between 2.2.0 and 2.2.1
 ----------------------------------------
diff --git a/_pytest/monkeypatch.py b/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
index c2d27ff33..862904431 100644
--- a/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
+++ b/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def pytest_funcarg__monkeypatch(request):
         monkeypatch.setenv(name, value, prepend=False)
         monkeypatch.delenv(name, value, raising=True)
         monkeypatch.syspath_prepend(path)
+        monkeypatch.chdir(path)
 
     All modifications will be undone after the requesting
     test function has finished. The ``raising``
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ class monkeypatch:
         sys.path.insert(0, str(path))
 
     def chdir(self, path):
+        """ change the current working directory to the specified path
+        path can be a string or a py.path.local object
+        """
         if self._cwd is None:
             self._cwd = os.getcwd()
         if hasattr(path, "chdir"):