diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index 810c06b..152556b 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -189,14 +189,18 @@
 	{
 		import std.string;
 		auto tpath = Path(settings.targetPath) ~ getTargetFileName(settings, platform);
-		auto args = [platform.compilerBinary, "-of"~tpath.toNativeString()];
+		auto args = ["-of"~tpath.toNativeString()];
 		args ~= objects;
 		args ~= settings.sourceFiles;
 		version(linux) args ~= "-L--no-as-needed"; // avoids linker errors due to libraries being speficied in the wrong order by DMD
 		args ~= settings.lflags.map!(l => "-L"~l)().array;
 		args ~= settings.dflags.filter!(f => isLinkerDFlag(f)).array;
-		logDiagnostic("%s", args.join(" "));
-		invokeTool(args, output_callback);
+
+		auto res_file = getTempFile("dub-build", ".lnk");
+		std.file.write(res_file.toNativeString(), join(args, "\n"));
+
+		logDiagnostic("%s %s", platform.compilerBinary, args.join(" "));
+		invokeTool([platform.compilerBinary, "@"~res_file.toNativeString()], output_callback);
 	}
 
 	private static bool isLinkerDFlag(string arg)
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/build.d b/source/dub/generators/build.d
index cc826ad..fcac60f 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/build.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/build.d
@@ -350,7 +350,12 @@
 	/// Output an unique name to represent the source file.
 	/// Calls with path that resolve to the same file on the filesystem will return the same,
 	/// unless they include different symbolic links (which are not resolved).
-	static string pathToObjName(string path) { return std.path.buildNormalizedPath(getcwd(), path~objSuffix)[1..$].replace("/", "."); }
+
+	static string pathToObjName(string path)
+	{
+		return std.path.stripDrive(std.path.buildNormalizedPath(getcwd(), path~objSuffix))[1..$].replace(std.path.dirSeparator, ".");
+	}
+
 	/// Compile a single source file (srcFile), and write the object to objName.
 	static string compileUnit(string srcFile, string objName, BuildSettings bs, GeneratorSettings gs) {
 		Path tempobj = Path(bs.targetPath)~objName;