diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index abb4d26ce940f3..38ac35913df78e 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 #include "win32.h"
+#include <aclapi.h>
 #include <conio.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
 #include "../strbuf.h"
@@ -2601,6 +2602,92 @@ static void setup_windows_environment(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static PSID get_current_user_sid(void)
+{
+	HANDLE token;
+	DWORD len = 0;
+	PSID result = NULL;
+
+	if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &token))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, NULL, 0, &len)) {
+		TOKEN_USER *info = xmalloc((size_t)len);
+		if (GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, info, len, &len)) {
+			len = GetLengthSid(info->User.Sid);
+			result = xmalloc(len);
+			if (!CopySid(len, result, info->User.Sid)) {
+				error(_("failed to copy SID (%ld)"),
+				      GetLastError());
+				FREE_AND_NULL(result);
+			}
+		}
+		FREE_AND_NULL(info);
+	}
+	CloseHandle(token);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+int is_path_owned_by_current_sid(const char *path)
+{
+	WCHAR wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	PSID sid = NULL;
+	PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR descriptor = NULL;
+	DWORD err;
+
+	static wchar_t home[MAX_PATH];
+
+	int result = 0;
+
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * On Windows, the home directory is owned by the administrator, but for
+	 * all practical purposes, it belongs to the user. Do pretend that it is
+	 * owned by the user.
+	 */
+	if (!*home) {
+		DWORD size = ARRAY_SIZE(home);
+		DWORD len = GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"HOME", home, size);
+		if (!len || len > size)
+			wcscpy(home, L"::N/A::");
+	}
+	if (!wcsicmp(wpath, home))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Get the owner SID */
+	err = GetNamedSecurityInfoW(wpath, SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+				    OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION |
+				    DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+				    &sid, NULL, NULL, NULL, &descriptor);
+
+	if (err != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+		error(_("failed to get owner for '%s' (%ld)"), path, err);
+	else if (sid && IsValidSid(sid)) {
+		/* Now, verify that the SID matches the current user's */
+		static PSID current_user_sid;
+
+		if (!current_user_sid)
+			current_user_sid = get_current_user_sid();
+
+		if (current_user_sid &&
+		    IsValidSid(current_user_sid) &&
+		    EqualSid(sid, current_user_sid))
+			result = 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We can release the security descriptor struct only now because `sid`
+	 * actually points into this struct.
+	 */
+	if (descriptor)
+		LocalFree(descriptor);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 int is_valid_win32_path(const char *path, int allow_literal_nul)
 {
 	const char *p = path;
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index af8eddd73edb2b..f6bab548f4cf44 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -452,6 +452,13 @@ char *mingw_query_user_email(void);
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Verifies that the specified path is owned by the user running the
+ * current process.
+ */
+int is_path_owned_by_current_sid(const char *path);
+#define is_path_owned_by_current_user is_path_owned_by_current_sid
+
 /**
  * Verifies that the given path is a valid one on Windows.
  *
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 3da9f975e27712..63ba89dd31d947 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -392,6 +392,18 @@ static inline int git_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
 #define is_valid_path(path) 1
 #endif
 
+#ifndef is_path_owned_by_current_user
+static inline int is_path_owned_by_current_uid(const char *path)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	if (lstat(path, &st))
+		return 0;
+	return st.st_uid == geteuid();
+}
+
+#define is_path_owned_by_current_user is_path_owned_by_current_uid
+#endif
+
 #ifndef find_last_dir_sep
 static inline char *git_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
 {