diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 8c5bf5076..c00869463 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ static inline char *mingw_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
 			ret = (char *)path;
 	return ret;
 }
+static inline void convert_slashes(char *path)
+{
+	for (; *path; path++)
+		if (*path == '\\')
+			*path = '/';
+}
 #define find_last_dir_sep mingw_find_last_dir_sep
 int mingw_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
 #define offset_1st_component mingw_offset_1st_component
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 8b7e16812..969b494d7 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ char *expand_user_path(const char *path)
 			if (!home)
 				goto return_null;
 			strbuf_addstr(&user_path, home);
+#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+			convert_slashes(user_path.buf);
+#endif
 		} else {
 			struct passwd *pw = getpw_str(username, username_len);
 			if (!pw)