diff --git a/Utility/Rsync.hs b/Utility/Rsync.hs
index bbe1a42362..b314df14e1 100644
--- a/Utility/Rsync.hs
+++ b/Utility/Rsync.hs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ rsyncUrlIsPath s
  - The params must enable rsync's --progress mode for this to work.
  -}
 rsyncProgress :: MeterUpdate -> [CommandParam] -> IO Bool
-rsyncProgress meterupdate = commandMeter parseRsyncProgress meterupdate "rsync"
+rsyncProgress meterupdate = commandMeter parseRsyncProgress meterupdate "rsync" . rsyncParamsFixup
 
 {- Strategy: Look for chunks prefixed with \r (rsync writes a \r before
  - the first progress output, and each thereafter). The first number
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e3bf961c24..4f10dd3336 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-annex (5.20141220) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     the command. Amoung other fixes, this means that addurl will stage
     added files even if adding one of the urls fails.
   * bittorrent: Fix locking problem when using addurl file://
+  * Windows: Fix local rsync filepath munging (fixes 26 test suite failures).
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:16:38 -0400