diff --git a/lib/std/debug.zig b/lib/std/debug.zig
index 545f205634b3..463b03707e5c 100644
--- a/lib/std/debug.zig
+++ b/lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -884,8 +884,17 @@ fn readCoffDebugInfo(allocator: mem.Allocator, coff_file: File) !ModuleDebugInfo
         const path = try fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{raw_path});
         defer allocator.free(path);
 
+        var unc_path: []const u8 = undefined;
+        if (path[0] == '\\') {
+            unc_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "\\??\\UNC{s}", .{path});
+        } else {
+            unc_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "\\??\\{s}", .{path});
+        }
+        defer allocator.free(unc_path);
+        // path normalized later in openFile
+
         di.debug_data = PdbOrDwarf{ .pdb = undefined };
-        di.debug_data.pdb = pdb.Pdb.init(allocator, path) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        di.debug_data.pdb = pdb.Pdb.init(allocator, unc_path) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.FileNotFound, error.IsDir => return error.MissingDebugInfo,
             else => return err,
         };
@@ -1136,7 +1145,21 @@ fn readMachODebugInfo(allocator: mem.Allocator, macho_file: File) !ModuleDebugIn
 fn printLineFromFileAnyOs(out_stream: anytype, line_info: LineInfo) !void {
     // Need this to always block even in async I/O mode, because this could potentially
     // be called from e.g. the event loop code crashing.
-    var f = try fs.cwd().openFile(line_info.file_name, .{ .intended_io_mode = .blocking });
+    var path = line_info.file_name;
+
+    if (native_os == .windows) {
+        var buffer: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES * 2]u8 = undefined;
+        var fba = std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator.init(&buffer);
+        var resolved_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(fba.allocator(), &.{path});
+        if (resolved_path[0] == '\\') {
+            path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(fba.allocator(), "\\??\\UNC{s}", .{resolved_path});
+        } else {
+            path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(fba.allocator(), "\\??\\{s}", .{resolved_path});
+        }
+        // path normalized later in openFile
+    }
+
+    var f = try fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{ .intended_io_mode = .blocking });
     defer f.close();
     // TODO fstat and make sure that the file has the correct size
 
@@ -1354,19 +1377,26 @@ pub const DebugInfo = struct {
 
                 var name_buffer: [windows.PATH_MAX_WIDE + 4:0]u16 = undefined;
                 // openFileAbsoluteW requires the prefix to be present
-                mem.copy(u16, name_buffer[0..4], &[_]u16{ '\\', '?', '?', '\\' });
+                mem.copy(u16, name_buffer[0..7], &[_]u16{ '\\', '?', '?', '\\', 'U', 'N', 'C' });
                 const len = windows.kernel32.K32GetModuleFileNameExW(
                     process_handle,
                     module,
-                    @ptrCast(windows.LPWSTR, &name_buffer[4]),
+                    @ptrCast(windows.LPWSTR, &name_buffer[7]),
                     windows.PATH_MAX_WIDE,
                 );
                 assert(len > 0);
+                var name_start: usize = 0;
+                if (name_buffer[7] != '\\') {
+                    name_start = 3;
+                    std.mem.copy(u16, name_buffer[3..7], &[_]u16{ '\\', '?', '?', '\\' });
+                }
+                const name_len = try std.os.windows.normalizePath(u16, name_buffer[name_start .. len + 7]);
+                const name = name_buffer[name_start .. name_start + name_len];
 
                 const obj_di = try self.allocator.create(ModuleDebugInfo);
                 errdefer self.allocator.destroy(obj_di);
 
-                const coff_file = fs.openFileAbsoluteW(name_buffer[0 .. len + 4 :0], .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+                const coff_file = fs.openFileAbsoluteW(name, .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
                     error.FileNotFound => return error.MissingDebugInfo,
                     else => return err,
                 };