diff --git a/jsdoc b/jsdoc
index 983250e1..fd7c964b 100755
--- a/jsdoc
+++ b/jsdoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
 # Get a Windows path under MinGW or Cygwin
 BASEPATH="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && (pwd -W 2>/dev/null || cygpath -w $(pwd) 2>/dev/null || pwd))"
 if [ "${BASEPATH%${BASEPATH#?}}" != "/" ] ; then
-  BASEPATH="${BASEPATH//\\//}"
+  BASEPATH="$( echo "$BASEPATH" | sed -e 's@\\@/@g' )"
   # We need a extra slash for URLs
   UBASEPATH="/$BASEPATH"
 else