diff --git a/Makefile.win b/Makefile.win
index 5497ebbc37..1bd58f06d8 100644
--- a/Makefile.win
+++ b/Makefile.win
@@ -148,24 +148,25 @@ $(TARGET): $(RARCH_OBJ)
 	$(Q)$(CXX) -o $@ $(RARCH_OBJ) $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDCXXFLAGS)
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.c
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	#those mkdir shenanigans are really ugly, but I can't find any better solution
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@) || mkdir $(subst /,\,$(dir $@)) || echo .
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo CC $<),)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -MMD -c -o $@ $<
 
 .FORCE:
 
 $(OBJDIR)/git_version.o: git_version.c .FORCE
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@) || mkdir $(subst /,\,$(dir $@)) || echo .
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo CC $<),)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -MMD -c -o $@ $<
 
-$(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.cpp
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+$(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.cpp | $(dir $@)
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@) || mkdir $(subst /,\,$(dir $@)) || echo .
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo CXX $<),)
 	$(Q)$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -MMD -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: %.rc $(HEADERS)
-	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@) || mkdir $(subst /,\,$(dir $@)) || echo .
 	@$(if $(Q), $(shell echo echo WINDRES $<),)
 	$(Q)$(WINDRES) -o $@ $<