diff --git a/lib/roles/http/server/server.c b/lib/roles/http/server/server.c
index 49ff31fec..af426aa18 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/server/server.c
+++ b/lib/roles/http/server/server.c
@@ -720,9 +720,13 @@ lws_http_serve(struct lws *wsi, char *uri, const char *origin,
 		}
 #else
 #if defined(LWS_HAVE__STAT32I64)
-		if (_stat32i64(path, &st)) {
-			lwsl_info("unable to stat %s\n", path);
-			goto notfound;
+		{
+			WCHAR buf[MAX_PATH];
+			MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, path, -1, buf, LWS_ARRAY_SIZE(buf));
+			if (_wstat32i64(buf, &st)) {
+				lwsl_info("unable to stat %s\n", path);
+				goto notfound;
+			}
 		}
 #else
 		if (stat(path, &st)) {