diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cb9e71516..18cf4add8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 === Deluge 1.3.0-rc2 (In Development) ===
 ==== ConsoleUI ====
 	* #1307: Fix not being able to add torrents
+	* #1293: Fix not being able to add paths that contain backslashes
 
 ==== Execute ====
 	* #1306: Fix always executing last event
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/main.py b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
index a0f057352..a4bb19fd2 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/main.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/main.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class BaseCommand(object):
         return self.__doc__
 
     def split(self, text):
-        return shlex.split(text)
+        return shlex.split(text, posix=not deluge.common.windows_check())
 
     def create_parser(self):
         return OptionParser(prog = self.name,