diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
index a752ab0e10..c498e261fd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,23 @@ bool SplitPath(std::string_view full_path, std::string* path, std::string* filen
   return true;
 }
 
+void UnifyPathSeparators(std::string& path)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  for (char& c : path)
+  {
+    if (c == '\\')
+      c = '/';
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
+std::string WithUnifiedPathSeparators(std::string path)
+{
+  UnifyPathSeparators(path);
+  return path;
+}
+
 std::string PathToFileName(std::string_view path)
 {
   std::string file_name, extension;
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
index 56fa756a46..5db7cbfa37 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
@@ -157,9 +157,17 @@ std::vector<std::string> SplitString(const std::string& str, char delim);
 std::string JoinStrings(const std::vector<std::string>& strings, const std::string& delimiter);
 
 // "C:/Windows/winhelp.exe" to "C:/Windows/", "winhelp", ".exe"
+// This requires forward slashes to be used for the path separators, even on Windows.
 bool SplitPath(std::string_view full_path, std::string* path, std::string* filename,
                std::string* extension);
 
+// Converts the path separators of a path into forward slashes on Windows, which is assumed to be
+// true for paths at various places in the codebase.
+void UnifyPathSeparators(std::string& path);
+std::string WithUnifiedPathSeparators(std::string path);
+
+// Extracts just the filename (including extension) from a full path.
+// This requires forward slashes to be used for the path separators, even on Windows.
 std::string PathToFileName(std::string_view path);
 
 bool StringBeginsWith(std::string_view str, std::string_view begin);