diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 24f5f4e9..6df82ee1 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	openFilesLock sync.RWMutex
 	handleCount   int
 	workDir       string
+	winRoot       bool
 }
 
 func (svr *Server) nextHandle(f file) string {
@@ -162,6 +163,14 @@ func ReadOnly() ServerOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WinRoot configures a Server to serve a virtual '/' for windows that lists all drives
+func WinRoot() ServerOption {
+	return func(s *Server) error {
+		s.winRoot = true
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithAllocator enable the allocator.
 // After processing a packet we keep in memory the allocated slices
 // and we reuse them for new packets.
@@ -508,7 +517,7 @@ func (p *sshFxpOpenPacket) respond(svr *Server) responsePacket {
 		osFlags |= os.O_EXCL
 	}
 
-	f, err := openfile(svr.toLocalPath(p.Path), osFlags, 0o644)
+	f, err := svr.openfile(svr.toLocalPath(p.Path), osFlags, 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return statusFromError(p.ID, err)
 	}
diff --git a/server_posix.go b/server_posix.go
index 935a7aa2..6ca70199 100644
--- a/server_posix.go
+++ b/server_posix.go
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-func openfile(path string, flag int, mode fs.FileMode) (file, error) {
+func (s *Server) openfile(path string, flag int, mode fs.FileMode) (file, error) {
 	return os.OpenFile(path, flag, mode)
 }
diff --git a/server_windows.go b/server_windows.go
index 5aabf05f..eb932eeb 100644
--- a/server_windows.go
+++ b/server_windows.go
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ func (s *Server) toLocalPath(p string) string {
 
 	lp := filepath.FromSlash(p)
 
-	if path.IsAbs(p) {
+	if path.IsAbs(p) { // starts with '/'
+		if len(p) == 1 {
+			return `\\.\` // for openfile
+		}
+
 		tmp := lp
 		for len(tmp) > 0 && tmp[0] == '\\' {
 			tmp = tmp[1:]
@@ -39,6 +43,11 @@ func (s *Server) toLocalPath(p string) string {
 			// e.g. "/C:" to "C:\\"
 			return tmp
 		}
+
+		if s.winRoot {
+			// Make it so that "/Windows" is not found, and "/c:/Windows" has to be used
+			return `\\.\` + tmp
+		}
 	}
 
 	return lp
@@ -93,19 +102,17 @@ func newWinRoot() (*winRoot, error) {
 
 func (f *winRoot) Readdir(n int) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	drives := f.drives
-	if n > 0 {
-		if len(drives) > n {
-			drives = drives[:n]
-		}
-		f.drives = f.drives[len(drives):]
-		if len(drives) == 0 {
-			return nil, io.EOF
-		}
+	if n > 0 && len(drives) > n {
+		drives = drives[:n]
+	}
+	f.drives = f.drives[len(drives):]
+	if len(drives) == 0 {
+		return nil, io.EOF
 	}
 
 	var infos []os.FileInfo
 	for _, drive := range drives {
-		fi, err := os.Stat(drive)
+		fi, err := os.Stat(drive + `\`)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -120,8 +127,8 @@ func (f *winRoot) Readdir(n int) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
 	return infos, nil
 }
 
-func openfile(path string, flag int, mode fs.FileMode) (file, error) {
-	if path == "/" {
+func (s *Server) openfile(path string, flag int, mode fs.FileMode) (file, error) {
+	if path == `\\.\` && s.winRoot {
 		return newWinRoot()
 	}
 	return os.OpenFile(path, flag, mode)