diff --git a/lib/http-server.js b/lib/http-server.js
index 9bd50a63..626a5a84 100644
--- a/lib/http-server.js
+++ b/lib/http-server.js
@@ -6,8 +6,33 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
     auth = require('basic-auth'),
     httpProxy = require('http-proxy'),
     corser = require('corser'),
+    path = require('path'),
     secureCompare = require('secure-compare');
 
+// a hacky and direct workaround to fix https://github.com/http-party/http-server/issues/525
+function getCaller() {
+  try {
+    var stack = new Error().stack;
+    var stackLines = stack.split('\n');
+    var callerStack = stackLines[3];
+    return callerStack.match(/at (.+) \(/)[1];
+  }
+  catch (error) {
+    return '';
+  }
+}
+
+var _pathNormalize = path.normalize;
+path.normalize = function (p) {
+  var caller = getCaller();
+  var result = _pathNormalize(p);
+  // https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/blob/master/lib/ecstatic.js#L20
+  if (caller === 'decodePathname') {
+    result = result.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
 //
 // Remark: backwards compatibility for previous
 // case convention of HTTP