diff --git a/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php b/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
index 29fade2..4fc91bd 100644
--- a/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Archive\ArchiveInterface;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Resource\ResourceManager;
+use Alchemy\Zippy\Resource\PathUtil;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Adapter\VersionProbe\VersionProbeInterface;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Adapter\Resource\ResourceInterface;
@@ -246,6 +247,6 @@ private function makeTargetAbsolute($path)
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Target path %s is not writeable.', $directory));
         }
 
-        return realpath($directory).'/'.basename ($path);
+        return realpath($directory).'/'.PathUtil::basename($path);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Resource/PathUtil.php b/src/Resource/PathUtil.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec7a46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Resource/PathUtil.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Zippy.
+ *
+ * (c) Alchemy <info@alchemy.fr>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Zippy\Resource;
+
+abstract class PathUtil
+{
+    public static function basename($path)
+    {
+        return (false === $pos = strrpos(strtr($path, '\\', '/'), '/')) ? $path : substr($path, $pos + 1);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Resource/Resource.php b/src/Resource/Resource.php
index 11b0ae4..be0257d 100644
--- a/src/Resource/Resource.php
+++ b/src/Resource/Resource.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public function getContextForProcessInSinglePlace()
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (basename($this->original) === $this->target) {
+        if (PathUtil::basename($this->original)  === $this->target) {
             return dirname($this->original);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Resource/TargetLocator.php b/src/Resource/TargetLocator.php
index ed8e2df..ba86f88 100644
--- a/src/Resource/TargetLocator.php
+++ b/src/Resource/TargetLocator.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ private function locateResource($resource)
             throw new TargetLocatorException($resource, 'Unable to retrieve path from resource');
         }
 
-        return basename($data['path']);
+        return PathUtil::basename($data['path']);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ private function locateString($context, $resource)
                 return $this->getRelativePathFromContext($url['path'], $context);
             }
 
-            return basename($resource);
+            return PathUtil::basename($resource);
         }
 
         // resource is a local path
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private function locateString($context, $resource)
 
             return $this->getRelativePathFromContext($resource, $context);
         } else {
-            return basename($resource);
+            return PathUtil::basename($resource);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Tests/Resource/PathUtilTest.php b/tests/Tests/Resource/PathUtilTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f79a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Resource/PathUtilTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Alchemy\Zippy\Tests\Resource;
+
+use Alchemy\Zippy\Tests\TestCase;
+use Alchemy\Zippy\Resource\PathUtil;
+
+class PathUtilTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providePathData
+     */
+    public function testBasename($expected, $context)
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, PathUtil::basename($context));
+    }
+
+    public function providePathData()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('file.ext', 'input/path/to/local/file.ext'),
+            array('file.ext', 'input\path\to\local\file.ext'),
+            array('file.ext', '\file.ext'),
+            array('file.ext', 'file.ext'),
+            array('Ängelholm.jpg', '/tmp/Ängelholm.jpg'),
+            array('Ängelholm.jpg', '\tmp\Ängelholm.jpg'),
+            array('Ängelholm.jpg', '\Ängelholm.jpg'),
+            array('Ängelholm.jpg', 'Ängelholm.jpg'),
+            array('я-utf8-name.jpg', '/tmp/я-utf8-name.jpg'),
+            array('я-utf8-name.jpg', '\tmp\я-utf8-name.jpg'),
+            array('я-utf8-name.jpg', 'я-utf8-name.jpg'),
+            array('я-utf8-name.jpg', '/я-utf8-name.jpg'),
+            array('logo.png', 'http://google.com/tmp/logo.png'),
+            array('Ängelholm.png', 'http://google.com/city/Ängelholm.png'),
+            array('Ängelholm.png', 'http://google.com/я/Ängelholm.png')
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Tests/TestCase.php b/tests/Tests/TestCase.php
index d1f012f..3c39637 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Tests/TestCase.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Alchemy\Zippy\Tests;
 
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Adapter\AdapterInterface;
+use Alchemy\Zippy\Resource\PathUtil;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Resource\ResourceCollection;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Resource\Resource;
 use Alchemy\Zippy\Adapter\VersionProbe\VersionProbeInterface;
@@ -120,6 +121,6 @@ protected function getExpectedAbsolutePathForTarget($target)
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Unable to get the absolute path for %s', $target));
         }
 
-        return realpath($directory).'/'.basename($target);
+        return realpath($directory).'/'.PathUtil::basename($target);
     }
 }