diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 8b867ca0..317cd65d 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ func GetModTime(path string) (time.Time, error) {
 // EscapePath replaces every path separator in a given path with a %
 func EscapePath(path string) string {
 	path = filepath.ToSlash(path)
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// ':' is not valid in a path name on Windows but is ok on Unix
+		path = strings.Replace(path, ":", "%", -1)
+	}
 	return strings.Replace(path, "/", "%", -1)
 }