diff --git a/source/ps/GameSetup/CmdLineArgs.cpp b/source/ps/GameSetup/CmdLineArgs.cpp
index 285c2eeae1..457f4e0a7f 100644
--- a/source/ps/GameSetup/CmdLineArgs.cpp
+++ b/source/ps/GameSetup/CmdLineArgs.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "precompiled.h"
+
 #include "CmdLineArgs.h"
 
-#include "lib/sysdep/filesystem.h"	// wrealpath
-
-
 CmdLineArgs::CmdLineArgs(int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
 	if (argc >= 1)
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ CmdLineArgs::CmdLineArgs(int argc, const char* argv[])
 		// avoid OsPath complaining about mixing both types of separators,
 		// which happens when running in the VC2010 debugger
 		std::replace(arg0.begin(), arg0.end(), '\\', '/');
-		m_Arg0 = wrealpath(arg0);
+		m_Arg0 = arg0;
 	}
 
 	for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
diff --git a/source/ps/GameSetup/tests/test_CmdLineArgs.h b/source/ps/GameSetup/tests/test_CmdLineArgs.h
index 0e77745413..26bcc02067 100644
--- a/source/ps/GameSetup/tests/test_CmdLineArgs.h
+++ b/source/ps/GameSetup/tests/test_CmdLineArgs.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2009 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2011 Wildfire Games.
  * This file is part of 0 A.D.
  *
  * 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "ps/GameSetup/CmdLineArgs.h"
 
-class TestCmdLineArgs : public CxxTest::TestSuite 
+class TestCmdLineArgs : public CxxTest::TestSuite
 {
 public:
 	void test_has()
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ public:
 	{
 		const char* argv[] = { "program" };
 		CmdLineArgs c(ARRAY_SIZE(argv), argv);
-		TS_ASSERT_STR_EQUALS(c.GetArg0(), "program");
+		TS_ASSERT_WSTR_EQUALS(c.GetArg0().string(), L"program");
 
 		CmdLineArgs c2(0, NULL);
-		TS_ASSERT_STR_EQUALS(c2.GetArg0(), "");
+		TS_ASSERT_WSTR_EQUALS(c2.GetArg0().string(), L"");
+
+		const char* argv3[] = { "ab/cd\\ef\\gh/../ij" };
+		CmdLineArgs c3(ARRAY_SIZE(argv3), argv3);
+		TS_ASSERT_WSTR_EQUALS(c3.GetArg0().string(), L"ab/cd/ef/gh/../ij");
 	}
 };