diff --git a/gio/glib-compile-resources.c b/gio/glib-compile-resources.c
index 0f873d486..398a08ad4 100644
--- a/gio/glib-compile-resources.c
+++ b/gio/glib-compile-resources.c
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
   gchar *tmp;
+  gchar **command_line = NULL;
 #endif
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, GLIB_DEFAULT_LOCALE);
@@ -863,11 +864,21 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
   error = NULL;
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  command_line = g_win32_get_command_line ();
+  if (!g_option_context_parse_strv (context, &command_line, &error))
+    {
+      g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
+      return 1;
+    }
+  argc = g_strv_length (command_line);
+#else
   if (!g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error))
     {
       g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
       return 1;
     }
+#endif
 
   g_option_context_free (context);
 
@@ -890,7 +901,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   compiler_type = get_compiler_id (compiler);
   g_free (compiler);
 
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  srcfile = command_line[1];
+#else
   srcfile = argv[1];
+#endif
 
   xmllint = g_strdup (g_getenv ("XMLLINT"));
   if (xmllint == NULL)
@@ -1310,5 +1325,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   g_free (c_name);
   g_hash_table_unref (files);
 
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  g_strfreev (command_line);  
+#endif
+
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
index efe6f8e77..04ef40457 100644
--- a/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
+++ b/gio/glib-compile-schemas.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 /* Prologue {{{1 */
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include <glib.h>
 #include <gstdio.h>
 #include <gi18n.h>
 
@@ -2182,6 +2183,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
   gchar *tmp = NULL;
+  gchar **command_line = NULL;
 #endif
 
   setlocale (LC_ALL, GLIB_DEFAULT_LOCALE);
@@ -2206,12 +2208,23 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
        "and the cache file is called gschemas.compiled."));
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  command_line = g_win32_get_command_line ();
+  if (!g_option_context_parse_strv (context, &command_line, &error))
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", error->message);
+      retval = 1;
+      goto done;
+    }
+  argc = g_strv_length (command_line);
+#else
   if (!g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error))
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", error->message);
       retval = 1;
       goto done;
     }
+#endif
 
   if (show_version_and_exit)
     {
@@ -2227,7 +2240,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       goto done;
     }
 
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  srcdir = command_line[1];
+#else
   srcdir = argv[1];
+#endif
 
   target = g_build_filename (targetdir ? targetdir : srcdir, "gschemas.compiled", NULL);
 
@@ -2320,6 +2337,7 @@ done:
 
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
   g_free (tmp);
+  g_strfreev (command_line);  
 #endif
 
   return retval;