diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.proximate/proximate.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.proximate/proximate.pass.cpp
--- a/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.proximate/proximate.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/input.output/filesystems/fs.op.funcs/fs.op.proximate/proximate.pass.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 static int count_path_elems(const fs::path& p) {
   int count = 0;
   for (auto& elem : p) {
-    if (elem != "/" && elem != "")
+    if (elem != p.root_name() && elem != "/" && elem != "")
       ++count;
   }
   return count;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   path dot_dot_to_root;
   for (int i=0; i < cwd_depth; ++i)
     dot_dot_to_root /= "..";
-  path relative_cwd = cwd.native().substr(1);
+  path relative_cwd = cwd.native().substr(cwd.root_path().native().size());
   // clang-format off
   struct {
     fs::path input;
@@ -75,11 +75,20 @@
       {"a", "/", relative_cwd / "a"},
       {"a/b", "/", relative_cwd / "a/b"},
       {"a", "/net", ".." / relative_cwd / "a"},
+#ifdef _WIN32
+      {"//foo/", "//foo", "//foo/"},
+      {"//foo", "//foo/", "//foo"},
+#else
       {"//foo/", "//foo", "."},
       {"//foo", "//foo/", "."},
+#endif
       {"//foo", "//foo", "."},
       {"//foo/", "//foo/", "."},
+#ifdef _WIN32
+      {"//base", "a", "//base"},
+#else
       {"//base", "a", dot_dot_to_root / "../base"},
+#endif
       {"a", "a", "."},
       {"a/b", "a/b", "."},
       {"a/b/c/", "a/b/c/", "."},
@@ -96,8 +105,10 @@
   for (auto& TC : TestCases) {
     ++ID;
     std::error_code ec = GetTestEC();
-    fs::path p(TC.input);
+    fs::path p = TC.input;
     const fs::path output = fs::proximate(p, TC.base, ec);
+    fs::path expect = TC.expect;
+    expect.make_preferred();
     if (ec) {
       TEST_CHECK(!ec);
       std::fprintf(stderr, "TEST CASE #%d FAILED:\n"
@@ -105,9 +116,9 @@
                   "  Base: '%s'\n"
                   "  Expected: '%s'\n",
         ID, TC.input.string().c_str(), TC.base.string().c_str(),
-        TC.expect.string().c_str());
-    } else if (!PathEq(output, TC.expect)) {
-      TEST_CHECK(PathEq(output, TC.expect));
+        expect.string().c_str());
+    } else if (!PathEq(output, expect)) {
+      TEST_CHECK(PathEq(output, expect));
 
       const path canon_input = fs::weakly_canonical(TC.input);
       const path canon_base = fs::weakly_canonical(TC.base);
@@ -121,7 +132,7 @@
                   "  Canon Input: '%s'\n"
                   "  Canon Base: '%s'\n",
         ID, TC.input.string().c_str(), TC.base.string().c_str(),
-        TC.expect.string().c_str(), output.string().c_str(),
+        expect.string().c_str(), output.string().c_str(),
         lexically_p.string().c_str(), canon_input.string().c_str(),
         canon_base.string().c_str());
     }