diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3a3ce32df..e5e210f77 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - bug #2948492 [interface] Slide effect masks some fields on search page
 - bug #2959746 [interface] Unknown table status: TABLE_TYPE 
 - bug #2953050 [export] export VIEW as SQL includes INSERT statement 
+- bug #2942032 [core] Cannot detect PmaAbsoluteUri correctly on Windows 
 
 3.3.0.0 (not yet released)
 + rfe #2308632 [edit] Use hex for (var)binary fields,
diff --git a/libraries/Config.class.php b/libraries/Config.class.php
index b3fbcc3da..4eaa632b4 100644
--- a/libraries/Config.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Config.class.php
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ class PMA_Config
             // Backslashes returned by Windows have to be changed.
             // Only replace backslashes by forward slashes if on Windows,
             // as the backslash could be valid on a non-Windows system.
+            $this->checkWebServerOs();
             if ($this->get('PMA_IS_WINDOWS') == 1) {
                 $path = str_replace("\\", "/", dirname($url['path'] . 'a'));
             } else {