diff --git a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
index ec22c98445..a6f4c889b1 100755
--- a/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5516-fetch-push.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ This test checks the following functionality:
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+if test_have_prereq MINGW
+then
+	# Avoid posix-to-windows path mangling
+	pwd () {
+		builtin pwd
+	}
+fi
+
 D=`pwd`
 
 mk_empty () {