diff --git a/src/util/process_test.c b/src/util/process_test.c
index ef7e2b4d4ad..fdd6ee6ba01 100644
--- a/src/util/process_test.c
+++ b/src/util/process_test.c
@@ -52,10 +52,14 @@ expect_equal_str(const char *expected, const char *actual, const char *test)
 static void
 test_util_get_process_name (void)
 {
-   #if !DETECT_OS_WINDOWS
-   const char* name = util_get_process_name();
-   expect_equal_str("process_test", name, "util_get_process_name");
-   #endif
+#if DETECT_OS_WINDOWS
+   const char *expected = "process_test.exe";
+#else
+   const char *expected = "process_test";
+#endif
+
+   const char *name = util_get_process_name();
+   expect_equal_str(expected, name, "util_get_process_name");
 }
 
 /* This test gets the real path from Meson (BUILD_FULL_PATH env var),
diff --git a/src/util/u_process.c b/src/util/u_process.c
index 68fda93a53b..9f847d1cc02 100644
--- a/src/util/u_process.c
+++ b/src/util/u_process.c
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ __getProgramName()
 }
 
 #    define GET_PROGRAM_NAME() __getProgramName()
+#elif defined(WIN32)
+static const char *
+__getProgramName()
+{
+   static const char *progname;
+   if (progname == NULL) {
+      static char buf[MAX_PATH];
+      GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, buf, sizeof(buf));
+      progname = strrchr(buf, '\\');
+      if (progname)
+         progname++;
+      else
+         progname = buf;
+   }
+   return progname;
+}
+#        define GET_PROGRAM_NAME() __getProgramName()
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(GET_PROGRAM_NAME)