diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
index 861daa3207..e60e0ee97b 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ type Plugin struct {
 	handlersRun bool
 }
 
-// BasePath returns the path to which all paths returned by the plugin are relative to.
-// For v1 plugins, this always returns the host's root directory.
-func (p *Plugin) BasePath() string {
-	return "/"
-}
-
 // Name returns the name of the plugin.
 func (p *Plugin) Name() string {
 	return p.name
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins_linux.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c5a0b5632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package plugins
+
+// BasePath returns the path to which all paths returned by the plugin are relative to.
+// For v1 plugins, this always returns the host's root directory.
+func (p *Plugin) BasePath() string {
+	return "/"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins_windows.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c8d8feb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package plugins
+
+// BasePath returns the path to which all paths returned by the plugin are relative to.
+// For Windows v1 plugins, this returns an empty string, since the plugin is already aware
+// of the absolute path of the mount.
+func (p *Plugin) BasePath() string {
+	return ""
+}