diff --git a/include/config.h.w32 b/include/config.h.w32
index 6e356f355..b85dd3019 100644
--- a/include/config.h.w32
+++ b/include/config.h.w32
@@ -99,9 +99,12 @@ static const char *const rcsid[] = { (const char *)rcsid, "@(#)" msg }
 
 @FEATURE_DEFS@
 
-/* Define is backslashes act as path delimiters */
+/* Define is backslashes act as path name delimiters */
 #define BACKSLASH_PATH_DELIM 1
 
+/* Path separator character */
+#define PATH_SEP ";"
+
 /* Define if you want to use DES encryption in telnet. */
 #define DES_ENCRYPTION 1
 
diff --git a/lib/krb5/constants.c b/lib/krb5/constants.c
index 2d90f7791..bbb483265 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/constants.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/constants.c
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@
 
 KRB5_LIB_VARIABLE const char *krb5_config_file =
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-"~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos.plist:"
-"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos.plist:"
-"~/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos:"
-"/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos:"
+"~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos.plist" PATH_SEP
+"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos.plist" PATH_SEP
+"~/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos" PATH_SEP
+"/Library/Preferences/edu.mit.Kerberos" PATH_SEP
 #endif	/* __APPLE__ */
-"~/.krb5/config:"
+"~/.krb5/config" PATH_SEP
 SYSCONFDIR "/krb5.conf"
 #ifdef _WIN32
-":%{COMMON_APPDATA}/Kerberos/krb5.conf"
-":%{WINDOWS}/krb5.ini"
+PATH_SEP "%{COMMON_APPDATA}/Kerberos/krb5.conf"
+PATH_SEP "%{WINDOWS}/krb5.ini"
 #else
-":/etc/krb5.conf"
+PATH_SEP "/etc/krb5.conf"
 #endif
 ;
 
diff --git a/lib/krb5/context.c b/lib/krb5/context.c
index 26ad34ed8..244a17c69 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/context.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/context.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ krb5_prepend_config_files(const char *filelist, char **pq, char ***ret_pp)
     while(1) {
 	ssize_t l;
 	q = p;
-	l = strsep_copy(&q, ":", NULL, 0);
+	l = strsep_copy(&q, PATH_SEP, NULL, 0);
 	if(l == -1)
 	    break;
 	fn = malloc(l + 1);
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ krb5_prepend_config_files(const char *filelist, char **pq, char ***ret_pp)
 	    krb5_free_config_files(pp);
 	    return ENOMEM;
 	}
-	(void)strsep_copy(&p, ":", fn, l + 1);
+	(void)strsep_copy(&p, PATH_SEP, fn, l + 1);
 	ret = add_file(&pp, &len, fn);
 	if (ret) {
 	    krb5_free_config_files(pp);
diff --git a/lib/krb5/krb5_locl.h b/lib/krb5/krb5_locl.h
index d8d038e7b..e7dc32acb 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/krb5_locl.h
+++ b/lib/krb5/krb5_locl.h
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ struct _krb5_krb_auth_data;
 #define ALLOC(X, N) (X) = calloc((N), sizeof(*(X)))
 #define ALLOC_SEQ(X, N) do { (X)->len = (N); ALLOC((X)->val, (N)); } while(0)
 
+#ifndef PATH_SEP
+#define PATH_SEP ":"
+#endif
+
 /* should this be public? */
 #define KEYTAB_DEFAULT "FILE:" SYSCONFDIR "/krb5.keytab"
 #define KEYTAB_DEFAULT_MODIFY "FILE:" SYSCONFDIR "/krb5.keytab"