diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5242917c02..ad2c783681 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1519,6 +1519,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "path-slash"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e91099d4268b0e11973f036e885d652fb0b21fedcf69738c627f94db6a44f42"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pem"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -1964,6 +1970,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
  "opener",
  "openssl",
+ "path-slash",
  "pulldown-cmark",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92de5b2882..03a1f849d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ url = "2.1"
 wait-timeout = "0.2"
 xz2 = "0.1.3"
 zstd = "0.11"
+path-slash = "0.2.1"
 
 [dependencies.retry]
 default-features = false
diff --git a/src/dist/component/components.rs b/src/dist/component/components.rs
index 3d4cc5c3b9..3e93a6d28c 100644
--- a/src/dist/component/components.rs
+++ b/src/dist/component/components.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use path_slash::PathBufExt;
 
 use crate::dist::component::package::{INSTALLER_VERSION, VERSION_FILE};
 use crate::dist::component::transaction::Transaction;
@@ -150,8 +151,12 @@ impl ComponentPart {
         format!("{}:{}", &self.0, &self.1.to_string_lossy())
     }
     pub(crate) fn decode(line: &str) -> Option<Self> {
-        line.find(':')
-            .map(|pos| Self(line[0..pos].to_owned(), PathBuf::from(&line[(pos + 1)..])))
+        line.find(':').map(|pos| {
+            Self(
+                line[0..pos].to_owned(),
+                PathBuf::from_slash(&line[(pos + 1)..]),
+            )
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -316,3 +321,18 @@ impl Component {
         Ok(tx)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_component_part() {
+        let part = ComponentPart::decode("dir:share/doc/rust/html").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(part.0, "dir");
+        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+        assert_eq!(part.1, Path::new(r"share\doc\rust\html"));
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+        assert_eq!(part.1, Path::new("share/doc/rust/html"));
+    }
+}