diff --git a/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c b/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c
index c1e557832d..a5791631d9 100644
--- a/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c
+++ b/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void cr_perror(const wchar_t *prefix)
                    MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
                    (LPWSTR)&error, 0, NULL);
 
-    fwprintf(stderr, L"%s: %s", prefix, error);
+    fwprintf(stderr, L"%ls: %ls", prefix, error);
     LocalFree(error);
 }