diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/solo_cook.rb b/lib/chef/knife/solo_cook.rb
index 57be8051..c90f5f29 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/solo_cook.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/solo_cook.rb
@@ -112,8 +112,11 @@ def validate!
       end
 
       def provisioning_path
-        # TODO ~ will likely break on cmd.exe based windows sessions
-        config_value(:provisioning_path, '~/chef-solo')
+        if windows_node?
+          config_value(:provisioning_path, 'chef-solo')
+        else
+          config_value(:provisioning_path, '~/chef-solo')
+        end
       end
 
       def sync_kitchen
diff --git a/test/solo_cook_test.rb b/test/solo_cook_test.rb
index 067ebdb1..3ccdb163 100644
--- a/test/solo_cook_test.rb
+++ b/test/solo_cook_test.rb
@@ -347,6 +347,15 @@ def test_passes_override_runlist_to_chef_solo
     assert_chef_solo_option "--override-runlist=sandbox::default", "-o sandbox::default"
   end
 
+  def test_removes_tilde_on_windows_node
+    in_kitchen do
+      cmd = command("somehost")
+      cmd.unstub(:windows_node?)
+      cmd.stubs(:windows_node? => true)
+      assert_equal 'chef-solo', cmd.provisioning_path
+    end
+  end
+
   # Asserts that the chef_solo_option is passed to chef-solo iff cook_option
   # is specified for the cook command
   def assert_chef_solo_option(cook_option, chef_solo_option)
@@ -368,6 +377,7 @@ def command(*args)
     cmd.stubs(:run_portable_mkdir_p)
     cmd.stubs(:rsync)
     cmd.stubs(:stream_command).returns(SuccessfulResult.new)
+    cmd.stubs(:windows_node? => false)
     cmd
   end
 end