diff --git a/Utility/Path.hs b/Utility/Path.hs
index 2f7802048b..6172629a5a 100644
--- a/Utility/Path.hs
+++ b/Utility/Path.hs
@@ -271,6 +271,31 @@ toCygPath p
 		| otherwise = s
 #endif
 
+{- Converts a DOS style path to a msys2 style path. Only on Windows.
+ - Any trailing '\' is preserved as a trailing '/' 
+ - 
+ - Taken from: http://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/wiki/MSYS2%20introduction/i
+ -
+ - The virtual filesystem contains:
+ -  /c, /d, ...	mount points for Windows drives
+ -}
+toMSYS2Path :: FilePath -> FilePath
+#ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
+toMSYS2Path = id
+#else
+toMSYS2Path p
+	| null drive = recombine parts
+	| otherwise = recombine $ "/" : driveletter drive : parts
+  where
+	(drive, p') = splitDrive p
+	parts = splitDirectories p'
+	driveletter = map toLower . takeWhile (/= ':')
+	recombine = fixtrailing . Posix.joinPath
+	fixtrailing s
+		| hasTrailingPathSeparator p = Posix.addTrailingPathSeparator s
+		| otherwise = s
+#endif
+
 {- Maximum size to use for a file in a specified directory.
  -
  - Many systems have a 255 byte limit to the name of a file, 
diff --git a/Utility/Rsync.hs b/Utility/Rsync.hs
index 3aaf9281b3..d3fe98120f 100644
--- a/Utility/Rsync.hs
+++ b/Utility/Rsync.hs
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ rsyncUseDestinationPermissions = Param "--chmod=ugo=rwX"
 rsync :: [CommandParam] -> IO Bool
 rsync = boolSystem "rsync" . rsyncParamsFixup
 
-{- On Windows, rsync is from Cygwin, and expects to get Cygwin formatted
+{- On Windows, rsync is from msys2, and expects to get msys2 formatted
  - paths to files. (It thinks that C:foo refers to a host named "C").
  - Fix up the Params appropriately. -}
 rsyncParamsFixup :: [CommandParam] -> [CommandParam]
 #ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
 rsyncParamsFixup = map fixup
   where
-	fixup (File f) = File (toCygPath f)
+	fixup (File f) = File (toMSYS2Path f)
 	fixup (Param s)
-		| rsyncUrlIsPath s = Param (toCygPath s)
+		| rsyncUrlIsPath s = Param (toMSYS2Path s)
 	fixup p = p
 #else
 rsyncParamsFixup = id