diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index d40fee8db241..650904d45e3d 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -1221,10 +1221,27 @@ pub fn GetFinalPathNameByHandle(
             // parse the string to separate volume path from file path
             const expected_prefix = std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16LeStringLiteral("\\Device\\");
 
-            // TODO find out if a path can start with something besides `\Device\<volume name>`,
-            // and if we need to handle it differently
-            // (i.e. how to determine the start and end of the volume name in that case)
-            if (!mem.eql(u16, expected_prefix, final_path[0..expected_prefix.len])) return error.Unexpected;
+            // We aren't entirely sure of the structure of the path returned by
+            // QueryObjectName in all contexts/environments.
+            // This code is written to cover the various cases that have
+            // been encountered and solved appropriately. But note that there's
+            // no easy way to verify that they have all been tackled!
+            // (Unless you, the reader knows of one then please do action that!)
+            if (!mem.eql(u16, expected_prefix, final_path[0..expected_prefix.len])) {
+                // Wine seems to return NT namespaced paths from QueryObjectName
+                // (e.g. `\??\Z:\some\path\to\a\file.txt`), in which case we can just strip the
+                // prefix to turn it into an absolute path
+                if (getNamespacePrefix(u16, final_path) == .nt) {
+                    const unprefixed_path = final_path[4..];
+                    // TODO: Handle other possible path types, only drive absolute has been observed so far
+                    if (getUnprefixedPathType(unprefixed_path) != .drive_absolute) {
+                        return error.Unexpected;
+                    }
+                    mem.copyForwards(u16, out_buffer[0..unprefixed_path.len], unprefixed_path);
+                    return out_buffer[0..unprefixed_path.len];
+                }
+                return error.Unexpected;
+            }
 
             const file_path_begin_index = mem.indexOfPos(u16, final_path, expected_prefix.len, &[_]u16{'\\'}) orelse unreachable;
             const volume_name_u16 = final_path[0..file_path_begin_index];