diff --git a/garden-service/src/build-dir.ts b/garden-service/src/build-dir.ts
index d968131809..c784726e73 100644
--- a/garden-service/src/build-dir.ts
+++ b/garden-service/src/build-dir.ts
@@ -15,20 +15,12 @@ import {
   sep,
   relative,
 } from "path"
-import {
-  emptyDir,
-  ensureDir,
-} from "fs-extra"
+import { emptyDir, ensureDir } from "fs-extra"
 import { ConfigurationError } from "./exceptions"
-import {
-  FileCopySpec,
-  Module,
-  getModuleKey,
-} from "./types/module"
+import { FileCopySpec, Module, getModuleKey } from "./types/module"
 import { zip } from "lodash"
 import * as execa from "execa"
-import { platform } from "os"
-import { toCygwinPath } from "./util/fs"
+import { normalizeLocalRsyncPath } from "./util/fs"
 import { ModuleConfig } from "./config/module"
 import { LogEntry } from "./logger/log-entry"
 
@@ -116,11 +108,9 @@ export class BuildDir {
     const destinationDir = parse(destinationPath).dir
     await ensureDir(destinationDir)
 
-    if (platform() === "win32") {
-      // this is so that the cygwin-based rsync client can deal with the paths
-      sourcePath = toCygwinPath(sourcePath)
-      destinationPath = toCygwinPath(destinationPath)
-    }
+    // this is so that the cygwin-based rsync client can deal with the paths
+    sourcePath = normalizeLocalRsyncPath(sourcePath)
+    destinationPath = normalizeLocalRsyncPath(destinationPath)
 
     // the correct way to copy all contents of a folder is using a trailing slash and not a wildcard
     sourcePath = stripWildcard(sourcePath)
diff --git a/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/build.ts b/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/build.ts
index 00b8b09c52..feda0efe6c 100644
--- a/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/build.ts
+++ b/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/container/build.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { PluginError } from "../../../exceptions"
 import { runPod } from "../run"
 import { getRegistryHostname } from "../init"
 import { getManifestFromRegistry } from "./util"
+import { normalizeLocalRsyncPath } from "../../../util/fs"
 
 const dockerDaemonDeploymentName = "garden-docker-daemon"
 const dockerDaemonContainerName = "docker-daemon"
@@ -135,9 +136,10 @@ const remoteBuild: BuildHandler = async (params) => {
 
   // -> Run rsync
   const buildRoot = resolve(module.buildPath, "..")
-  // This trick is used to automatically create the correct target directory with rsync:
+  // The '/./' trick is used to automatically create the correct target directory with rsync:
   // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1636889/rsync-how-can-i-configure-it-to-create-target-directory-on-server
-  const src = `${buildRoot}/./${module.name}/`
+  let src = normalizeLocalRsyncPath(`${buildRoot}/./${module.name}/`)
+
   const destination = `rsync://localhost:${syncFwd.localPort}/volume/${ctx.workingCopyId}/`
 
   log.debug(`Syncing from ${src} to ${destination}`)
diff --git a/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/hot-reload.ts b/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/hot-reload.ts
index 03194d6ad4..4d423f626b 100644
--- a/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/hot-reload.ts
+++ b/garden-service/src/plugins/kubernetes/hot-reload.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { getAppNamespace } from "./namespace"
 import { KubernetesPluginContext } from "./config"
 import { HotReloadServiceParams, HotReloadServiceResult } from "../../types/plugin/service/hotReloadService"
 import { KubernetesResource } from "./types"
+import { normalizeLocalRsyncPath } from "../../util/fs"
 
 export const RSYNC_PORT_NAME = "garden-rsync"
 
@@ -199,9 +200,11 @@ export function removeTrailingSlashes(path: string) {
   return path.replace(/\/*$/, "")
 }
 
-export function rsyncSourcePath(modulePath: string, sourcePath: string) {
-  return resolvePath(modulePath, sourcePath)
+function rsyncSourcePath(modulePath: string, sourcePath: string) {
+  const path = resolvePath(modulePath, sourcePath)
     .replace(/\/*$/, "/") // ensure (exactly one) trailing slash
+
+  return normalizeLocalRsyncPath(path)
 }
 
 /**
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ export function rsyncSourcePath(modulePath: string, sourcePath: string) {
  * Converts /src/foo into src/foo/
  * @param target
  */
-export function rsyncTargetPath(path: string) {
+function rsyncTargetPath(path: string) {
   return path.replace(/^\/*/, "")
     .replace(/\/*$/, "/")
 }
diff --git a/garden-service/src/util/fs.ts b/garden-service/src/util/fs.ts
index b6493a0d5e..a9bb141976 100644
--- a/garden-service/src/util/fs.ts
+++ b/garden-service/src/util/fs.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { some } from "lodash"
 import * as uuid from "uuid"
 import { join, basename, win32, posix, relative, parse } from "path"
 import { ValidationError } from "../exceptions"
+import { platform } from "os"
 // NOTE: Importing from ignore/ignore doesn't work on Windows
 const ignore = require("ignore")
 
@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ export function toCygwinPath(path: string) {
   return path.endsWith(win32.sep) ? cygpath + posix.sep : cygpath
 }
 
+export function normalizeLocalRsyncPath(path: string) {
+  return platform() === "win32" ? toCygwinPath(path) : path
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if the given `path` matches any of the given glob `patterns`.
  */