diff --git a/lib/rcedit.js b/lib/rcedit.js
index a7b0a72..8c97a7b 100644
--- a/lib/rcedit.js
+++ b/lib/rcedit.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { canRunWindowsExeNatively, is64BitArch, spawnExe } = require('cross-spawn-windows-exe')
+const { canRunWindowsExeNatively, is64BitArch, spawnExe, normalizePath } = require('cross-spawn-windows-exe')
 const path = require('path')
 
 const pairSettings = ['version-string', 'resource-string']
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const noPrefixSettings = ['application-manifest']
 module.exports = async (exe, options) => {
   const rceditExe = is64BitArch(process.arch) ? 'rcedit-x64.exe' : 'rcedit.exe'
   const rcedit = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'bin', rceditExe)
-  const args = [exe]
+  const args = [await normalizePath(exe)]
 
   for (const name of pairSettings) {
     if (options[name]) {