diff --git a/src/common/validation.rs b/src/common/validation.rs
index 58460941037..146fa4fda36 100644
--- a/src/common/validation.rs
+++ b/src/common/validation.rs
@@ -98,17 +98,35 @@ fn get_canonical_util_name(util_name: &str) -> &str {
 
 /// Gets the binary path from command line arguments
 /// Panics if the binary path cannot be determined
-#[cfg(any(
-    not(any(
-        target_os = "linux",
-        all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "64")
-    )),
-    target_env = "musl"
+#[cfg(all(
+    not(windows),
+    any(
+        not(any(
+            target_os = "linux",
+            all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "64")
+        )),
+        target_env = "musl"
+    )
 ))]
 pub fn binary_path(args: &mut impl Iterator<Item = OsString>) -> PathBuf {
     PathBuf::from(args.next().unwrap())
     // no fallback for empty args. current_exe() (/proc/self/exe) is valid only for hardlinks
 }
+
+/// Gets the path of the running executable instead of `argv[0]`.
+///
+/// cmd.exe passes `argv[0]` the way it was typed, so `False` would not match
+/// `false.exe`, while this function has the name as found on disk without resolving symlink,
+/// so links named after a utility keep working. A path given explicitly in another case
+/// keeps that spelling.
+/// Panics if the binary path cannot be determined
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn binary_path(args: &mut impl Iterator<Item = OsString>) -> PathBuf {
+    // argv[0] is always skipped, the caller reads the arguments after it.
+    let argv0 = args.next();
+    // Backend is `GetModuleFileNameW` which does not resolve symlink.
+    std::env::current_exe().unwrap_or_else(|_| argv0.unwrap().into())
+}
 /// Get actual binary path from kernel, not argv0, to prevent `env -a` from bypassing
 /// AppArmor, SELinux policies on hard-linked binaries
 #[cfg(all(
diff --git a/tests/test_util_name.rs b/tests/test_util_name.rs
index e0dfa14ed98..7e2901f22d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_util_name.rs
+++ b/tests/test_util_name.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,49 @@ fn util_name_single() {
     )));
 }
 
+#[rstest::rstest]
+#[case::util("basename.exe", &["BASENAME", "a/b"], false)]
+#[case::multicall("coreutils.exe", &["COREUTILS", "basename", "a/b"], false)]
+// Fails if `current_exe()` starts resolving symlinks and returns coreutils.exe.
+#[case::symlink("basename.exe", &["BASENAME", "a/b"], true)]
+#[cfg(all(windows, feature = "basename"))]
+fn util_name_is_the_name_on_disk_on_windows(
+    #[case] name: &str,
+    #[case] typed: &[&str],
+    #[case] symlink: bool,
+) {
+    use std::process::Command;
+
+    let scenario = TestScenario::new("basename");
+    let path = scenario.fixtures.plus(name);
+    if symlink {
+        // Needs Developer Mode or admin rights locally. CI has them, so it must not skip there.
+        if let Err(e) = std::os::windows::fs::symlink_file(&scenario.bin_path, path) {
+            assert!(!uutests::util::is_ci(), "cannot create a symlink: {e}");
+            print!("Test skipped; cannot create a symlink: {e}");
+            return;
+        }
+    } else {
+        // A copy, since hard links can't cross drives.
+        std::fs::copy(&scenario.bin_path, path).unwrap();
+    }
+    // cmd.exe finds `basename.exe` for `BASENAME`, but passes argv[0] as typed.
+    // Its PATH only holds that file, so it can't run a standalone `basename.exe`.
+    let cmd = env::var_os("ComSpec").unwrap_or_else(|| "cmd.exe".into());
+    let output = Command::new(cmd)
+        .arg("/C")
+        .args(typed)
+        .env("PATH", &scenario.fixtures.subdir)
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(output.stdout, b"b\n");
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn util_invalid_name_help() {