diff --git a/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-pdf.c b/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-pdf.c
index 4669040b9..1c3c2ad3e 100644
--- a/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-pdf.c
+++ b/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-pdf.c
@@ -171,8 +171,13 @@ _cairo_boilerplate_pdf_surface_write_to_png (cairo_surface_t *surface,
     char    command[4096];
     int exitstatus;
 
-    sprintf (command, "./pdf2png %s %s 1",
-	     ptc->filename, filename);
+    sprintf (command,
+#ifndef _WIN32
+             "./pdf2png %s %s 1",
+#else
+             ".\\pdf2png %s %s 1",
+#endif
+             ptc->filename, filename);
 
     exitstatus = system (command);
 #if _XOPEN_SOURCE && HAVE_SIGNAL_H
diff --git a/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-svg.c b/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-svg.c
index 0c9a3833e..9a6700f3a 100644
--- a/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-svg.c
+++ b/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate-svg.c
@@ -186,8 +186,13 @@ _cairo_boilerplate_svg_surface_write_to_png (cairo_surface_t *surface,
     char    command[4096];
     int exitstatus;
 
-    sprintf (command, "./svg2png %s %s",
-	     ptc->filename, filename);
+    sprintf (command,
+#ifndef _WIN32
+             "./svg2png %s %s",
+#else
+             ".\\svg2png %s %s",
+#endif
+             ptc->filename, filename);
 
     exitstatus = system (command);
 #if _XOPEN_SOURCE && HAVE_SIGNAL_H
diff --git a/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate.c b/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate.c
index 5f68216fd..d22407f9e 100644
--- a/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate.c
+++ b/boilerplate/cairo-boilerplate.c
@@ -906,8 +906,13 @@ cairo_boilerplate_open_any2ppm (const char   *filename,
 #endif
 
     any2ppm = getenv ("ANY2PPM");
-    if (any2ppm == NULL)
-	any2ppm = "./any2ppm";
+    if (any2ppm == NULL) {
+#ifndef _WIN32
+        any2ppm = "./any2ppm";
+#else
+        any2ppm = ".\\any2ppm";
+#endif
+    }
 
 #if HAS_DAEMON
     if (flags & CAIRO_BOILERPLATE_OPEN_NO_DAEMON)