diff --git a/internal/flags/flags.go b/internal/flags/flags.go
index 0ae2c6a512ef..9e3719632977 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func expandPath(p string) string {
 			p = home + p[1:]
 		}
 	}
-	return path.Clean(os.ExpandEnv(p))
+	return filepath.Clean(os.ExpandEnv(p))
 }
 
 func HomeDir() string {
diff --git a/internal/flags/flags_test.go b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
index a0d4af7ca360..f9073cc97e31 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags_test.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import (
 func TestPathExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 	user, _ := user.Current()
 	tests := map[string]string{
-		"/home/someuser/tmp": "/home/someuser/tmp",
-		"~/tmp":              user.HomeDir + "/tmp",
-		"~thisOtherUser/b/":  "~thisOtherUser/b",
-		"$DDDXXX/a/b":        "/tmp/a/b",
-		"/a/b/":              "/a/b",
+		"/home/someuser/tmp":           "/home/someuser/tmp",
+		"~/tmp":                        user.HomeDir + "/tmp",
+		"~thisOtherUser/b/":            "~thisOtherUser/b",
+		"$DDDXXX/a/b":                  "/tmp/a/b",
+		"/a/b/":                        "/a/b",
+		"C:\\Documents\\Newsletters\\": "C:\\Documents\\Newsletters\\",
+		"C:\\":                         "C:\\",
 	}
 	os.Setenv("DDDXXX", "/tmp")
 	for test, expected := range tests {