diff --git a/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Run.java b/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Run.java
index 1acf05caa6..e48a5a5928 100644
--- a/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Run.java
+++ b/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Run.java
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public class Run implements Action
          configuration = "xml:" + activemqHome + "/config/non-clustered/bootstrap.xml";
       }
 
+      // To support Windows paths as explained above.
+      configuration = configuration.replace("\\", "/");
+
       System.out.println("Loading configuration file: " + configuration);
 
       BrokerDTO broker = BrokerFactory.createBrokerConfiguration(configuration);
diff --git a/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Stop.java b/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Stop.java
index fab53e7abf..26b2c34b89 100644
--- a/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Stop.java
+++ b/activemq-bootstrap/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/commands/Stop.java
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public class Stop implements Action
       {
          configuration = "xml:" + activemqHome + "/config/non-clustered/bootstrap.xml";
       }
+
+      // To support Windows paths as explained above.
+      configuration = configuration.replace("\\", "/");
+
       BrokerDTO broker = BrokerFactory.createBrokerConfiguration(configuration);
 
       String fileName = new URI(broker.server.configuration).getSchemeSpecificPart();