diff --git a/src/EleventyWatch.js b/src/EleventyWatch.js
index 36107ad93..9f8e15889 100755
--- a/src/EleventyWatch.js
+++ b/src/EleventyWatch.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { TemplatePath } = require("@11ty/eleventy-utils");
+const PathNormalizer = require("./Util/PathNormalizer.js");
 
 /* Decides when to watch and in what mode to watch
  * Incremental builds don’t batch changes, they queue.
@@ -87,7 +88,9 @@ class EleventyWatch {
 
   addToPendingQueue(path) {
     if (path) {
-      path = TemplatePath.addLeadingDotSlash(path);
+      path = PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator(
+        TemplatePath.addLeadingDotSlash(path)
+      );
       this.pendingQueue.push(path);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/Util/PathNormalizer.js b/src/Util/PathNormalizer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..255e2eb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Util/PathNormalizer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const path = require("path");
+
+class PathNormalizer {
+  static normalizeSeperator(inputPath) {
+    if (!inputPath) {
+      return inputPath;
+    }
+    return inputPath.split(path.sep).join("/");
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = PathNormalizer;
diff --git a/src/Util/PathPrefixer.js b/src/Util/PathPrefixer.js
index 0f5f78831..6b0a4be80 100644
--- a/src/Util/PathPrefixer.js
+++ b/src/Util/PathPrefixer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("path");
+const PathNormalizer = require("./PathNormalizer.js");
 
 class PathPrefixer {
   static normalizePathPrefix(pathPrefix) {
@@ -12,10 +13,7 @@ class PathPrefixer {
   }
 
   static joinUrlParts(...parts) {
-    return path
-      .join(...parts)
-      .split(path.sep)
-      .join("/");
+    return PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator(path.join(...parts));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/PathNormalizerTest.js b/test/PathNormalizerTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a33d2525d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/PathNormalizerTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const test = require("ava");
+const PathNormalizer = require("../src/Util/PathNormalizer");
+
+test("PathNormalize Seperator", (t) => {
+  t.is(PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator("."), ".");
+  t.is(PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator("a/b"), "a/b");
+  t.is(PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator("a\\b"), "a/b");
+  t.is(PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator("a\\b/c"), "a/b/c");
+  t.is(PathNormalizer.normalizeSeperator(undefined), undefined);
+});