diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 8e8e710507..fafbc47db4 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ const char *remove_leading_path(const char *in, const char *prefix)
  *
  * Performs the following normalizations on src, storing the result in dst:
  * - Ensures that components are separated by '/' (Windows only)
- * - Squashes sequences of '/'.
+ * - Squashes sequences of '/' except "//server/share" on Windows
  * - Removes "." components.
  * - Removes ".." components, and the components the precede them.
  * Returns failure (non-zero) if a ".." component appears as first path
@@ -1019,17 +1019,22 @@ const char *remove_leading_path(const char *in, const char *prefix)
 int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len)
 {
 	char *dst0;
-	int i = has_unc_prefix(src);
+	const char *end;
 
-	for (i = i ? i : has_dos_drive_prefix(src); i > 0; i--)
-		*dst++ = *src++;
+	/*
+	 * Copy initial part of absolute path: "/", "C:/", "//server/share/".
+	 */
+	end = src + offset_1st_component(src);
+	while (src < end) {
+		char c = *src++;
+		if (is_dir_sep(c))
+			c = '/';
+		*dst++ = c;
+	}
 	dst0 = dst;
 
-	if (is_dir_sep(*src)) {
-		*dst++ = '/';
-		while (is_dir_sep(*src))
-			src++;
-	}
+	while (is_dir_sep(*src))
+		src++;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		char c = *src;
diff --git a/t/t5580-clone-push-unc.sh b/t/t5580-clone-push-unc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e06d230724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t5580-clone-push-unc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='various UNC path tests (Windows-only)'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+if ! test_have_prereq MINGW; then
+	skip_all='skipping UNC path tests, requires Windows'
+	test_done
+fi
+
+UNCPATH="$(pwd)"
+case "$UNCPATH" in
+[A-Z]:*)
+	# Use administrative share e.g. \\localhost\C$\git-sdk-64\usr\src\git
+	# (we use forward slashes here because MSYS2 and Git accept them, and
+	# they are easier on the eyes)
+	UNCPATH="//localhost/${UNCPATH%%:*}\$/${UNCPATH#?:}"
+	test -d "$UNCPATH" || {
+		skip_all='could not access administrative share; skipping'
+		test_done
+	}
+	;;
+*)
+	skip_all='skipping UNC path tests, cannot determine current path as UNC'
+	test_done
+	;;
+esac
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	test_commit initial
+'
+
+test_expect_success clone '
+	git clone "file://$UNCPATH" clone
+'
+
+test_expect_success push '
+	(
+		cd clone &&
+		git checkout -b to-push &&
+		test_commit to-push &&
+		git push origin HEAD
+	)
+'
+
+test_done