2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cfd59f7..e8033d6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 	* job.c (start_job_command) [WINDOWS32]: Make the same fix for
 	MS-Windows as the previous commit did for Posix platforms.
+	(construct_command_argv_internal): Don't treat a backslash as an
+	escape character before whitespace, if the shell is not a Posix
+	shell.   For the description of the problem, see
+	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/make-w32/2013-04/msg00014.html.
 
 2013-05-01  Paul Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 5b626b1..b245007 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -3076,6 +3076,15 @@ construct_command_argv_internal (char *line, char **restp, char *shell,
                 if (ap == new_argv[i])
                   p = next_token (p + 1) - 1;
 	      }
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+	    /* Backslash before whitespace is not special if our shell
+	       is not Unixy.  */
+	    else if (isspace (p[1]) && !unixy_shell)
+	      {
+		*ap++ = *p;
+		break;
+	      }
+#endif
 	    else if (p[1] != '\0')
               {
 #ifdef HAVE_DOS_PATHS