diff --git a/include/dwarfs/metadata_types.h b/include/dwarfs/metadata_types.h
index 0f7b0cfa..3c791e3c 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/metadata_types.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/metadata_types.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class dir_entry_view {
   std::optional<dir_entry_view> parent() const;
 
   std::string path() const;
+  std::string unix_path() const;
   std::filesystem::path fs_path() const;
   std::wstring wpath() const;
 
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/metadata_types.cpp b/src/dwarfs/metadata_types.cpp
index fdcf01a0..087ae460 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/metadata_types.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/metadata_types.cpp
@@ -668,6 +668,18 @@ std::string dir_entry_view::path() const {
   return u8string_to_string(fs_path().u8string());
 }
 
+std::string dir_entry_view::unix_path() const {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  auto p = fs_path().u8string();
+  std::replace(p.begin(), p.end(),
+               static_cast<char>(std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator),
+               '/');
+  return u8string_to_string(p);
+#else
+  return path();
+#endif
+}
+
 std::wstring dir_entry_view::wpath() const { return fs_path().wstring(); }
 
 std::filesystem::path dir_entry_view::fs_path() const {