diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e4aac746..bc5508d32 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-09-29  Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com>
+
+	* grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c (canonicalize_file_name) [__MINGW32__]: Use
+	_fullpath.
+
 2011-09-29  Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com>
 
 	Remove extra declaration of sleep for mingw32.
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c b/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c
index 737f5f1a9..6f5ea9fb9 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c
@@ -224,7 +224,11 @@ char *
 canonicalize_file_name (const char *path)
 {
   char *ret;
-#ifdef PATH_MAX
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+  ret = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);
+  if (!_fullpath (ret, path, PATH_MAX))
+    return NULL;
+#elif defined (PATH_MAX)
   ret = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);
   if (!realpath (path, ret))
     return NULL;