1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/win32/mingw.c b/win32/mingw.c
index 7ce60139e..fa68ea608 100644
--- a/win32/mingw.c
+++ b/win32/mingw.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ int symlink(const char *target, const char *linkpath)
         DWORD flag = SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE;
         struct stat st;
         DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(BOOLEAN, CreateSymbolicLinkA, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, DWORD);
-        char *relative = NULL;
+        char *targ, *relative = NULL;
 
         if (!INIT_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, CreateSymbolicLinkA)) {
                 return -1;
@@ -1213,8 +1213,11 @@ int symlink(const char *target, const char *linkpath)
                 flag |= SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_DIRECTORY;
         free(relative);
 
+        targ = auto_string(strdup(target));
+        slash_to_bs(targ);
+
  retry:
-        if (!CreateSymbolicLinkA(linkpath, target, flag)) {
+        if (!CreateSymbolicLinkA(linkpath, targ, flag)) {
                 /* Old Windows versions see 'UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE' as an invalid
                  * parameter.  Retry without it. */
                 if ((flag & SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE) &&