diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
index 0707fb5b..73a52cdf 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ return {
         sections = {
           lualine_a = { "mode" },
           lualine_b = { "branch" },
+
           lualine_c = {
+            Util.lualine.root_dir(),
             {
               "diagnostics",
               symbols = {
@@ -142,11 +144,7 @@ return {
               },
             },
             { "filetype", icon_only = true, separator = "", padding = { left = 1, right = 0 } },
-            {
-              function()
-                return Util.root.pretty_path()
-              end,
-            },
+            { Util.lualine.pretty_path() },
           },
           lualine_x = {
             -- stylua: ignore
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua
index 4a98aee4..24fd0a1b 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ setmetatable(M, {
   end,
 })
 
+function M.is_win()
+  return vim.loop.os_uname().sysname:find("Windows") ~= nil
+end
+
 ---@param plugin string
 function M.has(plugin)
   return require("lazy.core.config").spec.plugins[plugin] ~= nil
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/lualine.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/lualine.lua
index 8efcf714..7eb353bf 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/lualine.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/lualine.lua
@@ -43,4 +43,59 @@ function M.cmp_source(name, icon)
   }
 end
 
+---@param component any
+---@param text string
+---@param hl_group? string
+---@return string
+function M.format(component, text, hl_group)
+  if not hl_group then
+    return text
+  end
+  ---@type table<string, string>
+  component.hl_cache = component.hl_cache or {}
+  local lualine_hl_group = component.hl_cache[hl_group]
+  if not lualine_hl_group then
+    local utils = require("lualine.utils.utils")
+    lualine_hl_group = component:create_hl({ fg = utils.extract_highlight_colors(hl_group, "fg") }, "LV_" .. hl_group)
+    component.hl_cache[hl_group] = lualine_hl_group
+  end
+  return component:format_hl(lualine_hl_group) .. text .. component:get_default_hl()
+end
+
+---@param opts? {relative: "cwd"|"root", modified_hl: string?}
+function M.pretty_path(opts)
+  opts = vim.tbl_extend("force", {
+    relative = "cwd",
+    modified_hl = "Constant",
+  }, opts or {})
+
+  return function(self)
+    local path = vim.fn.expand("%:p") --[[@as string]]
+
+    if path == "" then
+      return ""
+    end
+    local root = Util.root.get()
+    local cwd = Util.root.cwd()
+
+    if opts.relative == "cwd" and path:find(cwd, 1, true) == 1 then
+      path = path:sub(#cwd + 2)
+    else
+      path = path:sub(#root + 2)
+    end
+
+    local sep = package.config:sub(1, 1)
+    local parts = vim.split(path, "[\\/]")
+    if #parts > 3 then
+      parts = { parts[1], "…", parts[#parts - 1], parts[#parts] }
+    end
+
+    if opts.modified_hl and vim.bo.modified then
+      parts[#parts] = M.format(self, parts[#parts], opts.modified_hl)
+    end
+
+    return table.concat(parts, sep)
+  end
+end
+
 return M
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua
index d799fe44..80aece22 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/root.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ function M.bufpath(buf)
   return M.realpath(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(assert(buf)))
 end
 
+function M.cwd()
+  return M.realpath(vim.loop.cwd()) or ""
+end
+
 function M.realpath(path)
   if path == "" or path == nil then
     return nil
@@ -144,38 +148,9 @@ function M.get()
   return roots[1] and roots[1].paths[1] or vim.loop.cwd()
 end
 
-M.pretty_cache = {} ---@type table<string, string>
-function M.pretty_path()
-  local path = vim.fn.expand("%:p") --[[@as string]]
-  if path == "" then
-    return ""
-  end
-
-  path = Util.norm(path)
-  if M.pretty_cache[path] then
-    return M.pretty_cache[path]
-  end
-  local cache_key = path
-  local cwd = M.realpath(vim.loop.cwd()) or ""
-
-  if path:find(cwd, 1, true) == 1 then
-    path = path:sub(#cwd + 2)
-  else
-    local roots = M.detect({ spec = { ".git" } })
-    local root = roots[1] and roots[1].paths[1] or nil
-    if root then
-      path = path:sub(#vim.fs.dirname(root) + 2)
-    end
-  end
-
-  local sep = package.config:sub(1, 1)
-  local parts = vim.split(path, "[\\/]")
-  if #parts > 3 then
-    parts = { parts[1], "…", parts[#parts - 1], parts[#parts] }
-  end
-  local ret = table.concat(parts, sep)
-  M.pretty_cache[cache_key] = ret
-  return ret
+---@param opts? {hl_last?: string}
+function M.pretty_path(opts)
+  return ""
 end
 
 return M