diff --git a/bin/odfvalidator.sh.in b/bin/odfvalidator.sh.in
index 605e74731f20..99b2207ad138 100644
--- a/bin/odfvalidator.sh.in
+++ b/bin/odfvalidator.sh.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-java -Djavax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory:http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0=org.iso_relax.verifier.jaxp.validation.RELAXNGSchemaFactoryImpl -Dorg.iso_relax.verifier.VerifierFactoryLoader=com.sun.msv.verifier.jarv.FactoryLoaderImpl -jar @TARFILE_LOCATION@/@ODFVALIDATOR_JAR@ "$@"
+java -Djavax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory:http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0=org.iso_relax.verifier.jaxp.validation.RELAXNGSchemaFactoryImpl -Dorg.iso_relax.verifier.VerifierFactoryLoader=com.sun.msv.verifier.jarv.FactoryLoaderImpl -jar @TARFILE_LOCATION_NATIVE@/@ODFVALIDATOR_JAR@ "$@"
diff --git a/bin/officeotron.sh.in b/bin/officeotron.sh.in
index 7281f1bcd17c..935ec5809cdd 100644
--- a/bin/officeotron.sh.in
+++ b/bin/officeotron.sh.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-java -jar @TARFILE_LOCATION@/@OFFICEOTRON_JAR@ "$@"
+java -jar @TARFILE_LOCATION_NATIVE@/@OFFICEOTRON_JAR@ "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6c2cd76b904a..4263116f894b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6299,7 +6299,10 @@ else
     PathFormat "${absolute_path}"
     TARFILE_LOCATION="${formatted_path_unix}"
 fi
+PathFormat "$TARFILE_LOCATION"
+TARFILE_LOCATION_NATIVE="$formatted_path"
 AC_SUBST(TARFILE_LOCATION)
+AC_SUBST(TARFILE_LOCATION_NATIVE)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we want to fetch tarballs])
 if test "$enable_fetch_external" != "no"; then