diff --git a/compat/win32/path-utils.c b/compat/win32/path-utils.c
index ebf2f12eb6..b658ca3f81 100644
--- a/compat/win32/path-utils.c
+++ b/compat/win32/path-utils.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "../../git-compat-util.h"
+#include "../../environment.h"
 
 int win32_has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
 {
@@ -50,3 +51,39 @@ int win32_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
 
 	return pos + is_dir_sep(*pos) - path;
 }
+
+int win32_fspathncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count)
+{
+	int diff;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!count--)
+			return 0;
+		if (!*a)
+			return *b ? -1 : 0;
+		if (!*b)
+			return +1;
+
+		if (is_dir_sep(*a)) {
+			if (!is_dir_sep(*b))
+				return -1;
+			a++;
+			b++;
+			continue;
+		} else if (is_dir_sep(*b))
+			return +1;
+
+		diff = ignore_case ?
+			(unsigned char)tolower(*a) - (int)(unsigned char)tolower(*b) :
+			(unsigned char)*a - (int)(unsigned char)*b;
+		if (diff)
+			return diff;
+		a++;
+		b++;
+	}
+}
+
+int win32_fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+	return win32_fspathncmp(a, b, (size_t)-1);
+}
diff --git a/compat/win32/path-utils.h b/compat/win32/path-utils.h
index 65fa3b9263..a561c700e7 100644
--- a/compat/win32/path-utils.h
+++ b/compat/win32/path-utils.h
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@ static inline int win32_has_dir_sep(const char *path)
 #define has_dir_sep(path) win32_has_dir_sep(path)
 int win32_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
 #define offset_1st_component win32_offset_1st_component
+int win32_fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b);
+#define fspathcmp win32_fspathcmp
+int win32_fspathncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count);
+#define fspathncmp win32_fspathncmp
 
 #endif
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index b7a6625ebd..5a23376bda 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int count_slashes(const char *s)
 	return cnt;
 }
 
-int fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b)
+int git_fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b)
 {
 	return ignore_case ? strcasecmp(a, b) : strcmp(a, b);
 }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int fspatheq(const char *a, const char *b)
 	return !fspathcmp(a, b);
 }
 
-int fspathncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count)
+int git_fspathncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count)
 {
 	return ignore_case ? strncasecmp(a, b, count) : strncmp(a, b, count);
 }
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 69a76d8bdd..a3a2f00f5d 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -541,9 +541,9 @@ int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag);
  */
 int remove_path(const char *path);
 
-int fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b);
+int git_fspathcmp(const char *a, const char *b);
 int fspatheq(const char *a, const char *b);
-int fspathncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count);
+int git_fspathncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t count);
 unsigned int fspathhash(const char *str);
 
 /*
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index ca7678a379..71b4d23f03 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -506,6 +506,14 @@ static inline int git_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
 #define offset_1st_component git_offset_1st_component
 #endif
 
+#ifndef fspathcmp
+#define fspathcmp git_fspathcmp
+#endif
+
+#ifndef fspathncmp
+#define fspathncmp git_fspathncmp
+#endif
+
 #ifndef is_valid_path
 #define is_valid_path(path) 1
 #endif