diff --git a/lib/stitch.js b/lib/stitch.js
index 967fb2b..015c52e 100644
--- a/lib/stitch.js
+++ b/lib/stitch.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (function() {
-  var CoffeeScript, Package, async, compilers, eco, extname, fs, join, normalize, _, _ref;
-  var __bind = function(fn, me){ return function(){ return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; };
+  var CoffeeScript, Package, async, compilers, eco, extname, fs, join, normalize, _, _ref,
+    __bind = function(fn, me){ return function(){ return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; };
 
   _ = require('underscore');
 
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@
           if (err) return callback(err);
           for (_i = 0, _len = expandedPaths.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
             expandedPath = expandedPaths[_i];
-            base = expandedPath + "/";
+            base = normalize(expandedPath + "/");
             if (sourcePath.indexOf(base) === 0) {
-              return callback(null, sourcePath.slice(base.length));
+              return callback(null, sourcePath.slice(base.length).replace(/\\/g, '/'));
             }
           }
           return callback(new Error("" + path + " isn't in the require path"));
diff --git a/src/stitch.coffee b/src/stitch.coffee
index cecca07..eb8d77f 100644
--- a/src/stitch.coffee
+++ b/src/stitch.coffee
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ exports.Package = class Package
         return callback err if err
 
         for expandedPath in expandedPaths
-          base = expandedPath + "/"
+          base = normalize expandedPath + "/"
           if sourcePath.indexOf(base) is 0
-            return callback null, sourcePath.slice base.length
+            return callback null, sourcePath.slice(base.length).replace(/\\/g, '/')
         callback new Error "#{path} isn't in the require path"
 
   compileFile: (path, callback) ->
diff --git a/test/test_stitch.coffee b/test/test_stitch.coffee
index 112973e..ef20bef 100644
--- a/test/test_stitch.coffee
+++ b/test/test_stitch.coffee
@@ -299,12 +299,17 @@ module.exports =
       test.done()
 
   "paths may be symlinks": (test) ->
-    test.expect 2
-    linkPackage.compile (err, sources) ->
-      test.ok !err
-      testRequire = load sources
-      test.ok testRequire("foo/bar/baz")
+    if process.platform == 'win32'
+      test.expect 1
+      test.ok true, "Windows doesn't have symlinks"
       test.done()
+    else
+      test.expect 2
+      linkPackage.compile (err, sources) ->
+        test.ok !err
+        testRequire = load sources
+        test.ok testRequire("foo/bar/baz")
+        test.done()
 
 if stitch.compilers.eco
   module.exports["eco compiler"] = (test) ->