diff --git a/lib/thor/actions/directory.rb b/lib/thor/actions/directory.rb
index 3e98f6248..2b4d68716 100644
--- a/lib/thor/actions/directory.rb
+++ b/lib/thor/actions/directory.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Directory < EmptyDirectory #:nodoc:
       attr_reader :source
 
       def initialize(base, source, destination = nil, config = {}, &block)
-        @source = File.expand_path(base.find_in_source_paths(source.to_s))
+        @source = File.expand_path(Dir[Util.escape_globs(base.find_in_source_paths(source.to_s))].first)
         @block  = block
         super(base, destination, {:recursive => true}.merge(config))
       end
diff --git a/spec/actions/create_link_spec.rb b/spec/actions/create_link_spec.rb
index 7eaab7ece..361159b6f 100644
--- a/spec/actions/create_link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/actions/create_link_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require "thor/actions"
 require "tempfile"
 
-describe Thor::Actions::CreateLink do
+describe Thor::Actions::CreateLink, :unless => windows? do
   before do
     @silence = false
     @hardlink_to = File.join(Dir.tmpdir, "linkdest.rb")
diff --git a/spec/actions/directory_spec.rb b/spec/actions/directory_spec.rb
index 2864cf4c3..a1c5860cc 100644
--- a/spec/actions/directory_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/actions/directory_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require "tmpdir"
 require "helper"
 require "thor/actions"
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ def revoke!(*args, &block)
 
   def exists_and_identical?(source_path, destination_path)
     %w(config.rb README).each do |file|
-      source      = File.join(source_root, source_path, file)
+      source = File.join(source_root, source_path, file)
       destination = File.join(destination_root, destination_path, file)
 
       expect(File.exist?(destination)).to be true
@@ -146,6 +147,24 @@ def exists_and_identical?(source_path, destination_path)
       content = invoke!("app{1}")
       expect(content).to match(%r{create  app\{1\}/README})
     end
+
+    context "windows temp directories", :if => windows? do
+      let(:spec_dir) { File.join(@temp_dir, "spec") }
+
+      before(:each) do
+        @temp_dir = Dir.mktmpdir("thor")
+        Dir.mkdir(spec_dir)
+        File.new(File.join(spec_dir, "spec_helper.rb"), "w").close
+      end
+
+      after(:each) { FileUtils.rm_rf(@temp_dir) }
+      it "works with windows temp dir" do
+        invoke! spec_dir, "specs"
+        file = File.join(destination_root, "specs")
+        expect(File.exist?(file)).to be true
+        expect(File.directory?(file)).to be true
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#revoke!" do
diff --git a/spec/actions/file_manipulation_spec.rb b/spec/actions/file_manipulation_spec.rb
index 1e4c177fe..b9167c433 100644
--- a/spec/actions/file_manipulation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/actions/file_manipulation_spec.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def file
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#link_file" do
+  describe "#link_file", :unless => windows? do
     it "links file from source to default destination" do
       action :link_file, "command.thor"
       exists_and_identical?("command.thor", "command.thor")
diff --git a/spec/helper.rb b/spec/helper.rb
index 993448d40..2db7a5990 100644
--- a/spec/helper.rb
+++ b/spec/helper.rb
@@ -79,5 +79,12 @@ def silence_warnings
     $VERBOSE = old_verbose
   end
 
+  # true if running on windows, used for conditional spec skips
+  #
+  # @return [TrueClass/FalseClass]
+  def windows?
+    Gem.win_platform?
+  end
+
   alias silence capture
 end