diff --git a/core/synctex/patches/16-use-windows-ansi-api-path-find.diff b/core/synctex/patches/16-use-windows-ansi-api-path-find.diff
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/synctex/patches/16-use-windows-ansi-api-path-find.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Use Windows ANSI versions of the PathFind... methods
+
+Author: Michel Ludwig <michel.ludwig@kdemail.net>
+
+
+Index: synctex/synctex_parser_utils.c
+--- synctex.orig/synctex_parser_utils.c
++++ synctex/synctex_parser_utils.c
+@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ void _synctex_strip_last_path_extension(char * string) {
+ 		char * last_component = NULL;
+ 		char * last_extension = NULL;
+ #       if defined(SYNCTEX_WINDOWS)
+-		last_component = PathFindFileName(string);
+-		last_extension = PathFindExtension(string);
++		last_component = PathFindFileNameA(string);
++		last_extension = PathFindExtensionA(string);
+ 		if(last_extension == NULL)return;
+ 		if(last_component == NULL)last_component = string;
+ 		if(last_extension>last_component){/* filter out paths like "my/dir/.hidden" */
diff --git a/core/synctex/patches/series b/core/synctex/patches/series
--- a/core/synctex/patches/series
+++ b/core/synctex/patches/series
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 13-fix-Wundef-warnings.diff
 14-fix-misc-compiler-warnings.diff
 15-prevent-leaks-and-segfault.diff
+16-use-windows-ansi-api-path-find.diff
diff --git a/core/synctex/synctex_parser_utils.c b/core/synctex/synctex_parser_utils.c
--- a/core/synctex/synctex_parser_utils.c
+++ b/core/synctex/synctex_parser_utils.c
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@
 		char * last_component = NULL;
 		char * last_extension = NULL;
 #       if defined(SYNCTEX_WINDOWS)
-		last_component = PathFindFileName(string);
-		last_extension = PathFindExtension(string);
+		last_component = PathFindFileNameA(string);
+		last_extension = PathFindExtensionA(string);
 		if(last_extension == NULL)return;
 		if(last_component == NULL)last_component = string;
 		if(last_extension>last_component){/* filter out paths like "my/dir/.hidden" */