diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4beb9f22a3..3f31b52cf8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Removed the `requires` attribute on the `@Extension` annotation and instead create a new `@Requires` annotation ([#1097](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1097))
 
+### Fixed
+- Protocol URI for git commands under windows ([#1108](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1108))
+
 ## [2.0.0-rc7] - 2020-04-09
 ### Added
 - Fire various plugin events ([#1088](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1088))
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java
index c13e6b5e19..ff0101f297 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SimpleGitWorkdirFactory.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-    
+
 package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.GitWorkdirFactory;
 import sonia.scm.repository.InternalRepositoryException;
 import sonia.scm.repository.util.SimpleWorkdirFactory;
 import sonia.scm.repository.util.WorkdirProvider;
+import sonia.scm.util.SystemUtil;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -72,7 +73,11 @@ public class SimpleGitWorkdirFactory extends SimpleWorkdirFactory<Repository, Re
   }
 
   private String createScmTransportProtocolUri(File bareRepository) {
-    return ScmTransportProtocol.NAME + "://" + bareRepository.getAbsolutePath();
+    if (SystemUtil.isWindows()) {
+      return ScmTransportProtocol.NAME + ":///" + bareRepository.getAbsolutePath().replaceAll("\\\\", "/");
+    } else {
+      return ScmTransportProtocol.NAME + "://" + bareRepository.getAbsolutePath();
+    }
   }
 
   @Override