diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc b/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc
index 72e06d45f6..924ac0eae7 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ path_type find_path_start_and_type(const char** src, int recurse, const char* en
         case '[':
         case ']':
             goto skip_p2w;
+        case '/':
+            if (it + 1 < end && it[1] == '~')
+                goto skip_p2w;
+            break;
         ++it;
     }
     it = *src;