diff --git a/util/gitutil/gitutil.go b/util/gitutil/gitutil.go
index c781311e..3347415e 100644
--- a/util/gitutil/gitutil.go
+++ b/util/gitutil/gitutil.go
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ func (c *Git) IsDirty() bool {
 }
 
 func (c *Git) RootDir() (string, error) {
-	return c.clean(c.run("rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"))
+	root, err := c.clean(c.run("rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return sanitizePath(root), nil
 }
 
 func (c *Git) GitDir() (string, error) {
diff --git a/util/gitutil/gitpath_unix.go b/util/gitutil/path_unix.go
similarity index 60%
rename from util/gitutil/gitpath_unix.go
rename to util/gitutil/path_unix.go
index 898cb654..41b4bd61 100644
--- a/util/gitutil/gitpath_unix.go
+++ b/util/gitutil/path_unix.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo"
 )
@@ -40,3 +42,18 @@ func gitPath(wd string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return exec.LookPath("git")
 }
+
+var windowsPathRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z]:[\\/].*$`)
+
+func sanitizePath(path string) string {
+	// If we're running in WSL, we need to convert Windows paths to Unix paths.
+	// This is because the git binary can be invoked through `git.exe` and
+	// therefore returns Windows paths.
+	if os.Getenv("WSL_DISTRO_NAME") != "" && windowsPathRegex.MatchString(path) {
+		unixPath := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "\\", "/")
+		drive := strings.ToLower(string(unixPath[0]))
+		rest := filepath.Clean(unixPath[3:])
+		return filepath.Join("/mnt", drive, rest)
+	}
+	return filepath.Clean(path)
+}
diff --git a/util/gitutil/path_unix_test.go b/util/gitutil/path_unix_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..591d5fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/gitutil/path_unix_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
+
+package gitutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSanitizePathUnix(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "/home/foobar", sanitizePath("/home/foobar"))
+}
+
+func TestSanitizePathWSL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("WSL_DISTRO_NAME", "Ubuntu")
+	assert.Equal(t, "/mnt/c/Users/foobar", sanitizePath("C:\\Users\\foobar"))
+}
diff --git a/util/gitutil/gitpath_windows.go b/util/gitutil/path_windows.go
similarity index 52%
rename from util/gitutil/gitpath_windows.go
rename to util/gitutil/path_windows.go
index a1a91538..050895f4 100644
--- a/util/gitutil/gitpath_windows.go
+++ b/util/gitutil/path_windows.go
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ package gitutil
 
 import (
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func gitPath(wd string) (string, error) {
 	return exec.LookPath("git.exe")
 }
+
+func sanitizePath(path string) string {
+	return filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(path))
+}
diff --git a/util/gitutil/path_windows_test.go b/util/gitutil/path_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5326e305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/gitutil/path_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package gitutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSanitizePathWindows(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "C:\\Users\\foobar", sanitizePath("C:/Users/foobar"))
+}