diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cd3dfb197..5d9a1a32b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -690,6 +690,13 @@ endif()
 # Android expects all libraries to be loadable
 # without paths.
 if (ANDROID OR WIN32 OR MAC_BUNDLE)
+	set(PLUGIN_ABS_PATHS_DEFAULT OFF)
+else()
+	set(PLUGIN_ABS_PATHS_DEFAULT ON)
+endif()
+option(WITH_ABSOLUTE_PLUGIN_LOAD_PATHS "Load plugins with absolute paths" ${PLUGIN_ABS_PATHS_DEFAULT})
+
+if (NOT WITH_ABSOLUTE_PLUGIN_LOAD_PATHS)
   set(FREERDP_DATA_PATH "share")
   if (NOT FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX)
 	  set(FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX ".")
@@ -702,7 +709,11 @@ else()
 		set(FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 	endif()
 	set(FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
-	set(FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${FREERDP_MAJOR_DIR}")
+	if (WIN32)
+		set(FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/${FREERDP_MAJOR_DIR}")
+	else()
+		set(FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${FREERDP_MAJOR_DIR}")
+	endif()
 endif()
 set(FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH "${FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH}")
 
diff --git a/include/CMakeLists.txt b/include/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fe53b9a9..62caf275d 100644
--- a/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@
 
 option(WITH_OPAQUE_SETTINGS "Hide rdpSettings struct definition, only allow getter/setter access" OFF)
 
+# prepare paths for C
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_DATA_PATH}" NATIVE_FREERDP_DATA_PATH)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH}" NATIVE_FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH}" NATIVE_FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX}" NATIVE_FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH}" NATIVE_FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH}" NATIVE_FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR}" NATIVE_FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR)
+
+if (WIN32)
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_DATA_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_DATA_PATH}")
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH}")
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH}")
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX "${NATIVE_FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH}")
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH}")
+    string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" NATIVE_FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR "${NATIVE_FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR}")
+endif()
+
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/version.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/freerdp/version.h)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/build-config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/freerdp/build-config.h)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/freerdp/config.h)
diff --git a/include/config/build-config.h.in b/include/config/build-config.h.in
index 362429a92..9f16f02c5 100644
--- a/include/config/build-config.h.in
+++ b/include/config/build-config.h.in
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef FREERDP_BUILD_CONFIG_H
 #define FREERDP_BUILD_CONFIG_H
 
-#define FREERDP_DATA_PATH "${FREERDP_DATA_PATH}"
-#define FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH "${FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH}"
-#define FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH "${FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH}"
+#define FREERDP_DATA_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_DATA_PATH}"
+#define FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_KEYMAP_PATH}"
+#define FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_PLUGIN_PATH}"
 
-#define FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX "${FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+#define FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX "${NATIVE_FREERDP_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
 
-#define FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH "${FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+#define FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 
-#define FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH "${FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH}"
+#define FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH "${NATIVE_FREERDP_ADDIN_PATH}"
 
 #define FREERDP_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
 #define FREERDP_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX  "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}"
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 #define FREERDP_VENDOR_STRING "${VENDOR}"
 #define FREERDP_PRODUCT_STRING "${PRODUCT}"
 
-#define FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR "${FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR}"
+#define FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR "${NATIVE_FREERDP_PROXY_PLUGINDIR}"
 
 #endif /* FREERDP_BUILD_CONFIG_H */