diff --git a/bin/tape b/bin/tape
index 3b41be76..aa8cea32 100755
--- a/bin/tape
+++ b/bin/tape
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+var path = require('path');
 var parseOpts = require('minimist');
 var objectKeys = require('object-keys');
 
@@ -68,6 +69,19 @@ var files = opts._.reduce(function (result, arg) {
 			throw new TypeError('unknown error: glob.sync("' + arg + '") did not return an array or throw. Please report this.');
 		}
 
+		// Workaround for glob v7 always replacing backslashes with forward slashes on windows
+		// This causes dotignore to not match the paths properly.
+		// This is fixed in newer version of glob, however we can not upgrade because it drops
+		// support for older node versions that we still want to support in tape.
+		// If glob is updated in the future this workaround can be removed, however note that
+		// the output of glob must then be sorted here because glob no longer does that.
+		// (also, backslashes and forward slashes should be ordered the same)
+		if (path.sep === '\\') {
+			globFiles = globFiles.map(function (globFile) {
+				return globFile.replace(/\//g, '\\');
+			});
+		}
+
 		return result.concat(globFiles);
 	}
 	return result.concat(arg);
diff --git a/lib/test.js b/lib/test.js
index 78076cdb..04ba31a3 100644
--- a/lib/test.js
+++ b/lib/test.js
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@ Test.prototype._assert = function assert(ok, opts) {
                 Last part captures file path plus line no (and optional
                 column no).
 
-                    /((?:\/|[a-zA-Z]:\\)[^:\)]+:(\d+)(?::(\d+))?)\)?/
+                    /((?:[/\\]|[a-zA-Z]:\\)[^:\)]+:(\d+)(?::(\d+))?)\)?/
             */
-			var re = /^(?:[^\s]*\s*\bat\s+)(?:(.*)\s+\()?((?:\/|[a-zA-Z]:\\)[^:)]+:(\d+)(?::(\d+))?)\)?$/;
+			var re = /^(?:[^\s]*\s*\bat\s+)(?:(.*)\s+\()?((?:[/\\]|[a-zA-Z]:\\)[^:)]+:(\d+)(?::(\d+))?)\)?$/;
 			// first tokenize the PWD, then tokenize tape
 			var lineWithTokens = $replace(
 				$replace(
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62ea4a7e..fc79f345 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 		"js-yaml": "^3.14.0",
 		"npm-run-posix-or-windows": "^2.0.2",
 		"npmignore": "^0.3.0",
+		"nyc": "^10.3.2",
 		"safe-publish-latest": "^2.0.0",
 		"tap": "^8.0.1",
 		"tap-parser": "^5.4.0"
@@ -80,9 +81,10 @@
 		"prelint": "npm-run-posix-or-windows eclint",
 		"lint": "eslint --ext .js,.cjs,.mjs . bin/*",
 		"pretest": "npm run lint",
-		"test": "npm run tests-only",
+		"test": "npm-run-posix-or-windows tests-only",
 		"posttest": "aud --production",
 		"tests-only": "nyc tap 'test/*.js'",
+		"tests-only:windows": "nyc node_modules\\tap\\bin\\run.js test/*.js",
 		"test:example": "find example -name '*.js' | grep -v fail | grep -v static | xargs tap"
 	},
 	"testling": {
diff --git a/test/ignore-pattern.js b/test/ignore-pattern.js
index 9ad0952f..ea1811ba 100644
--- a/test/ignore-pattern.js
+++ b/test/ignore-pattern.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var tapeBin = path.join(process.cwd(), 'bin/tape');
 
 tap.test('should allow ignore file together with --ignore-pattern', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
-	var proc = execFile(tapeBin, ['--ignore', '.ignore', '--ignore-pattern', 'fake_other_ignored_dir', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
+	var proc = execFile(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '--ignore', '.ignore', '--ignore-pattern', 'fake_other_ignored_dir', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
 
 	proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equals(code, 0);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tap.test('should allow ignore file together with --ignore-pattern', function (tt
 
 tap.test('should allow --ignore-pattern without ignore file', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
-	var proc = execFile(tapeBin, ['--ignore-pattern', 'fake_*', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
+	var proc = execFile(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '--ignore-pattern', 'fake_*', '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
 
 	proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equals(code, 0);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tap.test('should allow --ignore-pattern without ignore file', function (tt) {
 
 tap.test('should fail if not ignoring', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
-	var proc = execFile(tapeBin, ['**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
+	var proc = execFile(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore-pattern') });
 
 	proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equals(code, 1);
diff --git a/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js b/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js
index 3e46cdc5..b00af153 100644
--- a/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js
+++ b/test/ignore_from_gitignore.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var stripFullStack = require('./common').stripFullStack;
 
 var tapeBin = path.join(process.cwd(), 'bin/tape');
 
-tap.test('Should pass with ignoring', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
+tap.test('Should pass with ignoring', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(2);
 
 	var tc = function (rows) {
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ tap.test('Should pass with ignoring', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, fu
 		]);
 	};
 
-	var ps = spawn(tapeBin, ['**/*.js', '-i', '.ignore'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
+	var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js', '-i', '.ignore'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
 	ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
 	ps.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equal(code, 0); // code 0
 	});
 });
 
-tap.test('Should pass', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
+tap.test('Should pass', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(2);
 
 	var tc = function (rows) {
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ tap.test('Should pass', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
 		]);
 	};
 
-	var ps = spawn(tapeBin, ['**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
+	var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
 	ps.stdout.pipe(concat(tc));
 	ps.on('exit', function (code) {
 		tt.equal(code, 1);
 	});
 });
 
-tap.test('Should fail when ignore file does not exist', { skip: process.platform === 'win32' }, function (tt) {
+tap.test('Should fail when ignore file does not exist', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(3);
 
 	var testStdout = function (rows) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ tap.test('Should fail when ignore file does not exist', { skip: process.platform
 		tt.ok((/^ENOENT[:,] no such file or directory,? (?:open )?'\$TEST\/ignore\/.gitignore'\n$/m).test(stripFullStack(rows.toString('utf8')).join('\n')));
 	};
 
-	var ps = spawn(tapeBin, ['**/*.js', '-i'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
+	var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [tapeBin, '**/*.js', '-i'], { cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'ignore') });
 	ps.stdout.pipe(concat(testStdout));
 	ps.stderr.pipe(concat(testStderr));
 	ps.on('exit', function (code) {
diff --git a/test/import.js b/test/import.js
index 4f8a13ea..c86ed41c 100644
--- a/test/import.js
+++ b/test/import.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var assign = require('object.assign');
 function tape(args, options) {
 	var bin = __dirname + '/../bin/tape';
 
-	return spawn(process.argv[0], [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), assign({ cwd: __dirname }, options));
+	return spawn(process.execPath, [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), assign({ cwd: __dirname }, options));
 }
 
 tap.test('importing mjs files', function (t) {
diff --git a/test/require.js b/test/require.js
index 70334153..c6a93164 100644
--- a/test/require.js
+++ b/test/require.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var stripFullStack = require('./common').stripFullStack;
 function tape(args) {
 	var bin = __dirname + '/../bin/tape';
 
-	return spawn('node', [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), { cwd: __dirname });
+	return spawn(process.execPath, [bin].concat(args.split(' ')), { cwd: __dirname });
 }
 
 tap.test('requiring a single module', function (t) {