1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs b/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs
index 9fe57536da3..e880bd05cf7 100644
--- a/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs
+++ b/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ pub fn readlink(p: &CString) -> IoResult<Path> {
                                         libc::VOLUME_NAME_DOS)
     });
     let ret = match ret {
+        Some(ref s) if s.starts_with(r"\\?\") => Ok(Path::new(s.slice_from(4))),
         Some(s) => Ok(Path::new(s)),
         None => Err(super::last_error()),
     };