diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
index 2eb40bb1b..d1c072ecf 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class GitDownloader extends VcsDownloader
         $this->cleanEnv();
 
         $ref = $package->getSourceReference();
-        $command = 'git clone %s %s && cd %2$s && git remote add composer %1$s && git fetch composer';
+        $flag = defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_MAJOR') ? '/D ' : '';
+        $command = 'git clone %s %s && cd '.$flag.'%2$s && git remote add composer %1$s && git fetch composer';
         $this->io->write("    Cloning ".$ref);
 
         $commandCallable = function($url) use ($ref, $path, $command) {
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php
index 2637c5e6a..2da584c03 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/GitDownloaderTest.php
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ class GitDownloaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     private function getCmd($cmd)
     {
         if (defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD')) {
+            $cmd = str_replace('cd ', 'cd /D ', $cmd);
+
             return strtr($cmd, "'", '"');
         }