diff --git a/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c b/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
index 56fe1cba67e..c8efa4a41e3 100644
--- a/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
+++ b/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,9 @@ static void init_request_info(TSRMLS_D)
 			if (script_path_translated &&
 				(script_path_translated_len = strlen(script_path_translated)) > 0 &&
 				(script_path_translated[script_path_translated_len-1] == '/' ||
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+				 script_path_translated[script_path_translated_len-1] == '\\' ||
+#endif
 				(real_path = tsrm_realpath(script_path_translated, NULL TSRMLS_CC)) == NULL)
 			) {
 				char *pt = estrndup(script_path_translated, script_path_translated_len);