diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 121920c76c..dd9fa2617f 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2049,8 +2049,10 @@ static CURLcode parseurlandfillconn(struct Curl_easy *data,
                     (data->set.disallow_username_in_url ?
                      CURLU_DISALLOW_USER : 0) |
                     (data->set.path_as_is ? CURLU_PATH_AS_IS : 0));
-  if(uc)
+  if(uc) {
+    DEBUGF(infof(data, "curl_url_set rejected %s\n", data->change.url));
     return Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
+  }
 
   uc = curl_url_get(uh, CURLUPART_SCHEME, &data->state.up.scheme, 0);
   if(uc)
diff --git a/lib/urlapi.c b/lib/urlapi.c
index 18a6076fff..e877dc7261 100644
--- a/lib/urlapi.c
+++ b/lib/urlapi.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ bool Curl_is_absolute_url(const char *url, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 #endif
   for(i = 0; i < buflen && url[i]; ++i) {
     char s = url[i];
-    if(s == ':') {
+    if((s == ':') && (url[i + 1] == '/')) {
       if(buf)
         buf[i] = 0;
       return TRUE;
diff --git a/tests/FILEFORMAT b/tests/FILEFORMAT
index d2bcc4e003..505c573cb1 100644
--- a/tests/FILEFORMAT
+++ b/tests/FILEFORMAT
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ Available substitute variables include:
 %POP3PORT  - Port number of the POP3 server
 %PROXYPORT - Port number of the HTTP proxy
 %PWD       - Current directory
+%POSIX_PWD - Current directory somewhat mingw friendly
+%FILE_PWD  - Current directory, on windows prefixed with a slash
 %RTSP6PORT - IPv6 port number of the RTSP server
 %RTSPPORT  - Port number of the RTSP server
 %SMTP6PORT - IPv6 port number of the SMTP server
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 4611d3cb89..a4fe1defff 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ test2040 test2041 test2042 test2043 test2044 test2045 test2046 test2047 \
 test2048 test2049 test2050 test2051 test2052 test2053 test2054 test2055 \
 test2056 test2057 test2058 test2059 test2060 test2061 test2062 test2063 \
 test2064 test2065 test2066 test2067 test2068 test2069 \
-test2070 test2071 test2072 test2073 test2074 test2075 \
+         test2071 test2072 test2073 test2074 test2075 \
 test2080 \
 test2100 \
 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test203 b/tests/data/test203
index 393842656f..ee850cb1c6 100644
--- a/tests/data/test203
+++ b/tests/data/test203
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ file
  <name>
 file:/path URL with a single slash
  </name>
+<setenv>
+# Needed for MSYS2 to not convert
+MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL=file:
+</setenv>
 <command option="no-include">
-file:%PWD/log/test203.txt
+file:%FILE_PWD/log/test203.txt
 </command>
 <file name="log/test203.txt">
 foo
diff --git a/tests/data/test2070 b/tests/data/test2070
deleted file mode 100644
index 655cd8a39f..0000000000
--- a/tests/data/test2070
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<testcase>
-<info>
-<keywords>
-FILE
-</keywords>
-</info>
-
-<reply>
-<data>
-foo
-   bar
-bar
-   foo
-moo
-</data>
-</reply>
-
-# Client-side
-<client>
-<server>
-file
-</server>
- <name>
-basic file:// file with no authority
- </name>
-<command option="no-include">
-file:%PWD/log/test2070.txt
-</command>
-<file name="log/test2070.txt">
-foo
-   bar
-bar
-   foo
-moo
-</file>
-</client>
-
-# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
-<verify>
-</verify>
-</testcase>
diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1560.c b/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
index 57469a9063..5aa6f4bbc6 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ struct querycase {
 };
 
 static struct testcase get_parts_list[] ={
+#ifdef WIN32
+  {"file:/C:\\programs\\foo",
+   "file | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | C:\\programs\\foo | [16] | [17]",
+   CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, 0, CURLUE_OK},
+  {"file://C:\\programs\\foo",
+   "file | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | C:\\programs\\foo | [16] | [17]",
+   CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, 0, CURLUE_OK},
+  {"file:///C:\\programs\\foo",
+   "file | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | C:\\programs\\foo | [16] | [17]",
+   CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, 0, CURLUE_OK},
+#endif
+  {"boing:80",
+   "https | [11] | [12] | [13] | boing | 80 | / | [16] | [17]",
+   CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, 0, CURLUE_OK},
   {"http://[fd00:a41::50]:8080",
    "http | [11] | [12] | [13] | [fd00:a41::50] | 8080 | / | [16] | [17]",
    CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME, 0, CURLUE_OK},
diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 421cf2a6b4..5b51d3e4f6 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -3113,6 +3113,13 @@ sub subVariables {
   $$thing =~ s/%CURL/$CURL/g;
   $$thing =~ s/%PWD/$pwd/g;
   $$thing =~ s/%POSIX_PWD/$posix_pwd/g;
+
+  my $file_pwd = $pwd;
+  if($file_pwd !~ /^\//) {
+      $file_pwd = "/$file_pwd";
+  }
+
+  $$thing =~ s/%FILE_PWD/$file_pwd/g;
   $$thing =~ s/%SRCDIR/$srcdir/g;
   $$thing =~ s/%USER/$USER/g;