diff --git a/fileutil/tarball_compressor.go b/fileutil/tarball_compressor.go
index f7b35c97..970de01d 100644
--- a/fileutil/tarball_compressor.go
+++ b/fileutil/tarball_compressor.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fileutil
 
 import (
-	bosherr "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/errors"
 	boshsys "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/system"
 )
 
@@ -21,42 +20,6 @@ func (c tarballCompressor) CompressFilesInDir(dir string) (string, error) {
 	return c.CompressSpecificFilesInDir(dir, []string{"."})
 }
 
-func (c tarballCompressor) CompressSpecificFilesInDir(dir string, files []string) (string, error) {
-	tarball, err := c.fs.TempFile("bosh-platform-disk-TarballCompressor-CompressSpecificFilesInDir")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Creating temporary file for tarball")
-	}
-
-	tarballPath := tarball.Name()
-
-	args := []string{"czf", tarballPath, "-C", dir}
-
-	for _, file := range files {
-		args = append(args, file)
-	}
-
-	_, _, _, err = c.cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", args...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Shelling out to tar")
-	}
-
-	return tarballPath, nil
-}
-
-func (c tarballCompressor) DecompressFileToDir(tarballPath string, dir string, options CompressorOptions) error {
-	sameOwnerOption := "--no-same-owner"
-	if options.SameOwner {
-		sameOwnerOption = "--same-owner"
-	}
-
-	_, _, _, err := c.cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", sameOwnerOption, "-xzvf", tarballPath, "-C", dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Shelling out to tar")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (c tarballCompressor) CleanUp(tarballPath string) error {
 	return c.fs.RemoveAll(tarballPath)
 }
diff --git a/fileutil/tarball_compressor_test.go b/fileutil/tarball_compressor_test.go
index d17e7ea9..118f2199 100644
--- a/fileutil/tarball_compressor_test.go
+++ b/fileutil/tarball_compressor_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ func fixtureSrcTgz() string {
 	return filepath.Join(pwd, "test_assets", "compressor-decompress-file-to-dir.tgz")
 }
 
+func makePathTarCompatible(path string) string {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		path = strings.Replace("/"+string(path[0])+string(path[2:]), "\\", "/", -1)
+	}
+	return path
+}
+
 func createTestSymlink() (string, error) {
 	srcDir := fixtureSrcDir()
 	symlinkPath := filepath.Join(srcDir, "symlink_dir")
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			defer os.Remove(tgzName)
 
-			tarballContents, _, _, err := cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-tf", tgzName)
+			tarballContents, _, _, err := cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-tf", makePathTarCompatible(tgzName))
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 			contentElements := strings.Fields(strings.TrimSpace(tarballContents))
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 				"./other_logs/more_logs/more.stdout.log",
 			))
 
-			_, _, _, err = cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-xzpf", tgzName, "-C", dstDir)
+			_, _, _, err = cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-xzpf", makePathTarCompatible(tgzName), "-C", makePathTarCompatible(dstDir))
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 			content, err := fs.ReadFileString(dstDir + "/app.stdout.log")
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 			defer os.Remove(tgzName)
 
-			tarballContents, _, _, err := cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-tf", tgzName)
+			tarballContents, _, _, err := cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-tf", makePathTarCompatible(tgzName))
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 			contentElements := strings.Fields(strings.TrimSpace(tarballContents))
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 
 			_, _, _, err = cmdRunner.RunCommand("cp", tgzName, "/tmp")
 
-			_, _, _, err = cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-xzpf", tgzName, "-C", dstDir)
+			_, _, _, err = cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", "-xzpf", makePathTarCompatible(tgzName), "-C", makePathTarCompatible(dstDir))
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 			content, err := fs.ReadFileString(dstDir + "/app.stdout.log")
@@ -221,7 +229,7 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 
 			err := compressor.DecompressFileToDir(fixtureSrcTgz(), dstDir, CompressorOptions{})
 			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring(dstDir))
+			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring(makePathTarCompatible(dstDir)))
 		})
 
 		It("uses no same owner option", func() {
@@ -236,8 +244,8 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 			Expect(cmdRunner.RunCommands[0]).To(Equal(
 				[]string{
 					"tar", "--no-same-owner",
-					"-xzvf", tarballPath,
-					"-C", dstDir,
+					"-xzvf", makePathTarCompatible(tarballPath),
+					"-C", makePathTarCompatible(dstDir),
 				},
 			))
 		})
@@ -258,8 +266,8 @@ var _ = Describe("tarballCompressor", func() {
 			Expect(cmdRunner.RunCommands[0]).To(Equal(
 				[]string{
 					"tar", "--same-owner",
-					"-xzvf", tarballPath,
-					"-C", dstDir,
+					"-xzvf", makePathTarCompatible(tarballPath),
+					"-C", makePathTarCompatible(dstDir),
 				},
 			))
 		})
diff --git a/fileutil/tarball_compressor_unix.go b/fileutil/tarball_compressor_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36ffba05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fileutil/tarball_compressor_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package fileutil
+
+import (
+	bosherr "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/errors"
+)
+
+func (c tarballCompressor) CompressSpecificFilesInDir(dir string, files []string) (string, error) {
+	tarball, err := c.fs.TempFile("bosh-platform-disk-TarballCompressor-CompressSpecificFilesInDir")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Creating temporary file for tarball")
+	}
+
+	defer tarball.Close()
+
+	tarballPath := tarball.Name()
+
+	args := []string{"czf", tarballPath, "-C", dir}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		args = append(args, file)
+	}
+
+	_, _, _, err = c.cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Shelling out to tar")
+	}
+
+	return tarballPath, nil
+}
+
+func (c tarballCompressor) DecompressFileToDir(tarballPath string, dir string, options CompressorOptions) error {
+	sameOwnerOption := "--no-same-owner"
+	if options.SameOwner {
+		sameOwnerOption = "--same-owner"
+	}
+
+	_, _, _, err := c.cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", sameOwnerOption, "-xzvf", tarballPath, "-C", dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Shelling out to tar")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/fileutil/tarball_compressor_windows.go b/fileutil/tarball_compressor_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c1de3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fileutil/tarball_compressor_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package fileutil
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	bosherr "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/errors"
+)
+
+func (c tarballCompressor) CompressSpecificFilesInDir(dir string, files []string) (string, error) {
+	tarball, err := c.fs.TempFile("bosh-platform-disk-TarballCompressor-CompressSpecificFilesInDir")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Creating temporary file for tarball")
+	}
+
+	defer tarball.Close()
+
+	tarballPath := tarball.Name()
+
+	tarballPathForTar, err := makePathTarCompatible(tarballPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Converting tarballPath path failed")
+	}
+	dir, err = makePathTarCompatible(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Converting dir path failed")
+	}
+
+	args := []string{"czf", tarballPathForTar, "-C", dir}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		args = append(args, file)
+	}
+
+	_, _, _, err = c.cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Shelling out to tar")
+	}
+
+	return tarballPath, nil
+}
+
+func (c tarballCompressor) DecompressFileToDir(tarballPath string, dir string, options CompressorOptions) error {
+	sameOwnerOption := "--no-same-owner"
+	if options.SameOwner {
+		sameOwnerOption = "--same-owner"
+	}
+
+	tarballPath, err := makePathTarCompatible(tarballPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Converting tarballPath path failed")
+	}
+	dir, err = makePathTarCompatible(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Converting dir path failed")
+	}
+
+	_, _, _, err = c.cmdRunner.RunCommand("tar", sameOwnerOption, "-xzf", tarballPath, "-C", dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return bosherr.WrapError(err, "Shelling out to tar")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func makePathTarCompatible(path string) (string, error) {
+	doesPathContainDrive, err := regexp.MatchString("^[a-zA-Z]:", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", bosherr.WrapError(err, "Test for drive in path failed")
+	}
+	if doesPathContainDrive {
+		path = "/" + string(path[0]) + string(path[2:])
+	}
+	path = strings.Replace(path, "\\", "/", -1)
+
+	return path, nil
+}