diff --git a/src/filesystem.cpp b/src/filesystem.cpp
index 4e4c5ed..512a79f 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/filesystem.cpp
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ std::string filesystem::get_uri_from_path(const boost::filesystem::path &path) n
       uri += chr;
   }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  if(uri.size() > 9 && ((uri[7] >= 'a' && uri[7] <= 'z') || (uri[7] >= 'A' && uri[7] <= 'Z')) && uri[8] == ':' && uri[9] == '/')
+    uri.insert(7, "/");
+#endif
+
   return uri;
 }
 
@@ -398,6 +403,13 @@ boost::filesystem::path filesystem::get_path_from_uri(const std::string &uri) no
       unencoded += encoded[i];
   }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  if(unencoded.size() > 3 && unencoded[0] == '/' && ((unencoded[1] >= 'a' && unencoded[1] <= 'z') || (unencoded[1] >= 'A' && unencoded[1] <= 'Z')) && unencoded[2] == ':' && unencoded[3] == '/') {
+    unencoded.erase(0, 1);
+    unencoded[0] = std::toupper(unencoded[0]);
+  }
+#endif
+
   return unencoded;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/filesystem_test.cpp b/tests/filesystem_test.cpp
index 93fc835..9cd4e8c 100644
--- a/tests/filesystem_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/filesystem_test.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ int main() {
     g_assert(path == filesystem::get_path_from_uri(uri));
   }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  {
+    std::string uri = "file:///c:/Users/test";
+    g_assert(filesystem::get_path_from_uri(uri) == "C:/Users/test");
+
+    boost::filesystem::path path = "C:/Users/test";
+    g_assert(filesystem::get_uri_from_path(path) == "file:///C:/Users/test");
+  }
+#endif
+
   {
     auto ls = filesystem::get_executable("ls");
     g_assert(ls == "ls");