2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5402775dfbb..f7caaf69358 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-24  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * net/eww.el (eww-open-file): Ensure 3 slashes after "file:" when
+        we run on MS-Windows or MS-DOS.
+
 2013-12-24  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
         * window.el (balance-windows-area): Call window-size instead of
diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index b7f50c19321..c5ac2f5c86c 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ word(s) will be searched for via `eww-search-prefix'."
 (defun eww-open-file (file)
   "Render a file using EWW."
   (interactive "fFile: ")
-  (eww (concat "file://" (expand-file-name file))))
+  (eww (concat "file://"
+               (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
+                    "/")
+               (expand-file-name file))))
 
 (defun eww-render (status url &optional point)
   (let ((redirect (plist-get status :redirect)))