diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c13a9fe00..d4a64186e 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $Source$
       - removed an "onchange" js handler to lower server charge.
     * pdf_schema.php3; fpdf/*; libraries/fpdf/*: moved the "fpdf" directory in
       the "libraries" one.
+    * read_dump.php3, lines 255-256: path must use "\" under winwin.
 
 2002-05-25 Alexander M. Turek  <rabus@users.sourceforge.net>
     * lang/italian.inc.php3: Updates, thanks again to
diff --git a/read_dump.php3 b/read_dump.php3
index 70e0ac27e..522247162 100644
--- a/read_dump.php3
+++ b/read_dump.php3
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ if ($sql_file != 'none') {
                 $sql_query = fread(fopen($sql_file, 'r'), filesize($sql_file));
             }
             else {
-                $sql_file_new = './tmp/' . basename($sql_file);
+                $sql_file_new = (PMA_IS_WINDOWS ? '.\\tmp\\' : './tmp/')
+                              . basename($sql_file);
                 if (PMA_PHP_INT_VERSION < 40003) {
                     copy($sql_file, $sql_file_new);
                 } else {