diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs
index c00f62823e..44c298c776 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/NativeCommandParameterBinder.cs
@@ -196,7 +196,13 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
                         if (NeedQuotes(arg))
                         {
                             _arguments.Append('"');
+                            // need to escape all trailing backslashes so the native command receives it correctly
+                            // according to http://www.daviddeley.com/autohotkey/parameters/parameters.htm#WINCRULESDOC
                             _arguments.Append(arg);
+                            for (int i = arg.Length-1; i >= 0 && arg[i] == '\\'; i--)
+                            {
+                                _arguments.Append('\\');
+                            }
                             _arguments.Append('"');
                         }
                         else
diff --git a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeCommandArguments.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeCommandArguments.Tests.ps1
index aba3637c03..aaa82eb40c 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeCommandArguments.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Language/Scripting/NativeExecution/NativeCommandArguments.Tests.ps1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Describe "Native Command Arguments" -tags "CI" {
     It "Should handle quoted spaces correctly" {
         $a = 'a"b c"d'
         $lines = testexe -echoargs $a 'a"b c"d' a"b c"d
-        ($lines | measure).Count | Should Be 3
+        $lines.Count | Should Be 3
         $lines[0] | Should Be 'Arg 0 is <ab cd>'
         $lines[1] | Should Be 'Arg 1 is <ab cd>'
         $lines[2] | Should Be 'Arg 2 is <ab cd>'
@@ -27,8 +27,20 @@ Describe "Native Command Arguments" -tags "CI" {
     # looking at how it got the arguments.
     It "Should handle spaces between escaped quotes" {
         $lines = testexe -echoargs 'a\"b c\"d' "a\`"b c\`"d"
-        ($lines | measure).Count | Should Be 2
+        $lines.Count | Should Be 2
         $lines[0] | Should Be 'Arg 0 is <a"b c"d>'
         $lines[1] | Should Be 'Arg 1 is <a"b c"d>'
     }
+
+    It "Should correctly quote paths with spaces: <arguments>" -TestCases @(
+        @{arguments = "'.\test 1\' `".\test 2\`""  ; expected = @(".\test 1\",".\test 2\")},
+        @{arguments = "'.\test 1\\\' `".\test 2\\`""; expected = @(".\test 1\\\",".\test 2\\")}
+    ) {
+        param($arguments, $expected)
+        $lines = Invoke-Expression "testexe -echoargs $arguments"
+        $lines.Count | Should Be $expected.Count
+        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $lines.Count; $i++) {
+            $lines[$i] | Should Be "Arg $i is <$($expected[$i])>"
+        }
+    }
 }