diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index c5d54f56..952e5f31 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 "use strict";
 import bag from 'bagofcli';
 import p from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import RTK from './rtk.js';
 
-const DIRNAME = p.dirname(import.meta.url).replace('file://', '');
+const DIRNAME = p.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
 function _release(args) {
 
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@ const exports = {
 
 export {
   exports as default
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/test/cli.js b/test/cli.js
index a68f0726..d3fdc934 100644
--- a/test/cli.js
+++ b/test/cli.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import RTK from '../lib/rtk.js';
 import bag from 'bagofcli';
 import cli from '../lib/cli.js';
+import p from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import referee from '@sinonjs/referee';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 const assert = referee.assert;
@@ -18,6 +20,21 @@ describe('cli - exec', function() {
     sinon.stub(bag, 'command').value(mockCommand);
     cli.exec();
   });
+
+  it('should pass a native filesystem base path to bagofcli', function (done) {
+    const expectedBase = p.dirname(fileURLToPath(new URL('../lib/cli.js', import.meta.url)));
+    const mockCommand = function (base, actions) {
+      assert.equals(base, expectedBase);
+      assert.equals(base.startsWith('file:'), false);
+      if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        assert.equals(/^[/\\][A-Za-z]:/.test(base), false);
+      }
+      assert.isFunction(actions.commands.release.action);
+      done();
+    };
+    sinon.stub(bag, 'command').value(mockCommand);
+    cli.exec();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('cli - release', function() {
@@ -53,4 +70,4 @@ describe('cli - release', function() {
     });
     cli.exec();
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});