diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
index a5457672..51077278 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ bool Db::addOrUpdate(const string &udi, const string &parent_udi, Doc &doc)
 
 	// Split and index the path from the url for path-based filtering
 	{
-	    string path = url_gpath(doc.url);
+	    string path = url_gpathS(doc.url);
 	    vector<string> vpath;
 	    stringToTokens(path, vpath, "/");
 	    // If vpath is not /, the last elt is the file/dir name, not a
diff --git a/src/utils/pathut.cpp b/src/utils/pathut.cpp
index a132a8e0..8ba9899e 100644
--- a/src/utils/pathut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/pathut.cpp
@@ -805,6 +805,29 @@ string url_gpath(const string& url)
     return path_canon(url.substr(colon+1));
 }
 
+string url_gpathS(const string& url)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    string u = url_gpath(url);
+    string nu;
+    if (path_hasdrive(u)) {
+        nu.append(1, '/');
+        nu.append(1, u[0]);
+        if (path_isdriveabs(u)) {
+            nu.append(u.substr(2));
+        } else {
+            // This should be an error really
+            nu.append(1, '/');
+            nu.append(u.substr(2));
+        }
+    }
+    return nu;
+#else
+    return url_gpath(url);
+#endif
+}
+
+
 string url_parentfolder(const string& url)
 {
     // In general, the parent is the directory above the full path
diff --git a/src/utils/pathut.h b/src/utils/pathut.h
index 8c825cd6..4e4ad1ab 100644
--- a/src/utils/pathut.h
+++ b/src/utils/pathut.h
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ extern std::string url_parentfolder(const std::string& url);
 /// routine, it does the right thing only in the recoll context
 extern std::string url_gpath(const std::string& url);
 
+/// Same but, in the case of a Windows local path, also turn "c:/" into
+/// "/c/" This should be used only for splitting the path in rcldb, it
+/// would better be local in there, but I prefer to keep all the
+/// system-specific path stuff in pathut
+extern std::string url_gpathS(const std::string& url);
+
 /// Stat parameter and check if it's a directory
 extern bool path_isdir(const std::string& path);