diff --git a/join.go b/join.go
index 7dd08db..aa32b85 100644
--- a/join.go
+++ b/join.go
@@ -39,17 +39,27 @@ func IsNotExist(err error) bool {
 // components in the returned string are not modified (in other words are not
 // replaced with symlinks on the filesystem) after this function has returned.
 // Such a symlink race is necessarily out-of-scope of SecureJoin.
+//
+// Volume names in unsafePath are always discarded, regardless if they are
+// provided via direct input or when evaluating symlinks. Therefore:
+//
+// "C:\Temp" + "D:\path\to\file.txt" results in "C:\Temp\path\to\file.txt"
 func SecureJoinVFS(root, unsafePath string, vfs VFS) (string, error) {
 	// Use the os.* VFS implementation if none was specified.
 	if vfs == nil {
 		vfs = osVFS{}
 	}
 
+	unsafePath = filepath.FromSlash(unsafePath)
 	var path bytes.Buffer
 	n := 0
 	for unsafePath != "" {
 		if n > 255 {
-			return "", &os.PathError{Op: "SecureJoin", Path: root + "/" + unsafePath, Err: syscall.ELOOP}
+			return "", &os.PathError{Op: "SecureJoin", Path: root + string(filepath.Separator) + unsafePath, Err: syscall.ELOOP}
+		}
+
+		if v := filepath.VolumeName(unsafePath); v != "" {
+			unsafePath = unsafePath[len(v):]
 		}
 
 		// Next path component, p.
diff --git a/join_test.go b/join_test.go
index 754ded0..a234c82 100644
--- a/join_test.go
+++ b/join_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ func symlink(t *testing.T, oldname, newname string) {
 	}
 }
 
+type input struct {
+	root, unsafe string
+	expected     string
+}
+
 // Test basic handling of symlink expansion.
 func TestSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "TestSymlink")
@@ -38,21 +44,26 @@ func TestSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	symlink(t, "../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc", filepath.Join(dir, "etclink"))
 	symlink(t, "/../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd", filepath.Join(dir, "passwd"))
 
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		root, unsafe string
-		expected     string
-	}{
+	rootOrVol := string(filepath.Separator)
+	if vol := filepath.VolumeName(dir); vol != "" {
+		rootOrVol = vol + rootOrVol
+	}
+
+	tc := []input{
 		// Make sure that expansion with a root of '/' proceeds in the expected fashion.
-		{"/", filepath.Join(dir, "passwd"), "/etc/passwd"},
-		{"/", filepath.Join(dir, "etclink"), "/etc"},
-		{"/", filepath.Join(dir, "etc"), filepath.Join(dir, "somepath")},
+		{rootOrVol, filepath.Join(dir, "passwd"), filepath.Join(rootOrVol, "etc", "passwd")},
+		{rootOrVol, filepath.Join(dir, "etclink"), filepath.Join(rootOrVol, "etc")},
+
+		{rootOrVol, filepath.Join(dir, "etc"), filepath.Join(dir, "somepath")},
 		// Now test scoped expansion.
 		{dir, "passwd", filepath.Join(dir, "somepath", "passwd")},
 		{dir, "etclink", filepath.Join(dir, "somepath")},
 		{dir, "etc", filepath.Join(dir, "somepath")},
 		{dir, "etc/test", filepath.Join(dir, "somepath", "test")},
 		{dir, "etc/test/..", filepath.Join(dir, "somepath")},
-	} {
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tc {
 		got, err := SecureJoin(test.root, test.unsafe)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("securejoin(%q, %q): unexpected error: %v", test.root, test.unsafe, err)
@@ -85,29 +96,31 @@ func TestNoSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		root, unsafe string
-	}{
-		// TODO: Do we need to have some conditional FromSlash handling here?
-		{dir, "somepath"},
-		{dir, "even/more/path"},
-		{dir, "/this/is/a/path"},
-		{dir, "also/a/../path/././/with/some/./.././junk"},
-		{dir, "yetanother/../path/././/with/some/./.././junk../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"},
-		{dir, "/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"},
-		{dir, "../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../somedir"},
-		{dir, "../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../"},
-		{dir, "./../../.././././../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc passwd"},
-	} {
-		expected := filepath.Join(test.root, filepath.Clean(string(filepath.Separator)+test.unsafe))
+	tc := []input{
+		{dir, "somepath", filepath.Join(dir, "somepath")},
+		{dir, "even/more/path", filepath.Join(dir, "even", "more", "path")},
+		{dir, "/this/is/a/path", filepath.Join(dir, "this", "is", "a", "path")},
+		{dir, "also/a/../path/././/with/some/./.././junk", filepath.Join(dir, "also", "path", "with", "junk")},
+		{dir, "yetanother/../path/././/with/some/./.././junk../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd", filepath.Join(dir, "etc", "passwd")},
+		{dir, "/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd", filepath.Join(dir, "etc", "passwd")},
+		{dir, "../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../somedir", filepath.Join(dir, "somedir")},
+		{dir, "../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../", filepath.Join(dir)},
+		{dir, "./../../.././././../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc passwd", filepath.Join(dir, "etc passwd")},
+	}
+
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		tc = append(tc, []input{
+			{dir, "d:\\etc\\test", filepath.Join(dir, "etc", "test")},
+		}...)
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tc {
 		got, err := SecureJoin(test.root, test.unsafe)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("securejoin(%q, %q): unexpected error: %v", test.root, test.unsafe, err)
-			continue
 		}
-		if got != expected {
-			t.Errorf("securejoin(%q, %q): expected %q, got %q", test.root, test.unsafe, expected, got)
-			continue
+		if got != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("securejoin(%q, %q): expected %q, got %q", test.root, test.unsafe, test.expected, got)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -130,10 +143,7 @@ func TestNonLexical(t *testing.T) {
 	symlink(t, "/../cousinparent/cousin", filepath.Join(dir, "subdir", "link2"))
 	symlink(t, "/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../cousinparent/cousin", filepath.Join(dir, "subdir", "link3"))
 
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		root, unsafe string
-		expected     string
-	}{
+	for _, test := range []input{
 		{dir, "subdir", filepath.Join(dir, "subdir")},
 		{dir, "subdir/link/test", filepath.Join(dir, "cousinparent", "cousin", "test")},
 		{dir, "subdir/link2/test", filepath.Join(dir, "cousinparent", "cousin", "test")},
@@ -188,7 +198,7 @@ func TestSymlinkLoop(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		got, err := SecureJoin(test.root, test.unsafe)
 		if !errors.Is(err, syscall.ELOOP) {
-			t.Errorf("securejoin(%q, %q): expected ELOOP, got %v & %q", test.root, test.unsafe, err, got)
+			t.Errorf("securejoin(%q, %q): expected ELOOP, got %q & %v", test.root, test.unsafe, got, err)
 			continue
 		}
 	}
@@ -275,10 +285,7 @@ func TestSecureJoinVFS(t *testing.T) {
 	symlink(t, "/../cousinparent/cousin", filepath.Join(dir, "subdir", "link2"))
 	symlink(t, "/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../cousinparent/cousin", filepath.Join(dir, "subdir", "link3"))
 
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		root, unsafe string
-		expected     string
-	}{
+	for _, test := range []input{
 		{dir, "subdir", filepath.Join(dir, "subdir")},
 		{dir, "subdir/link/test", filepath.Join(dir, "cousinparent", "cousin", "test")},
 		{dir, "subdir/link2/test", filepath.Join(dir, "cousinparent", "cousin", "test")},