1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_system.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_system.lua
index d603971495..ce5dbffeaa 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_system.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_system.lua
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ local function default_handler(stream, text, bucket)
   end
 end
 
+local is_win = vim.fn.has('win32') == 1
+
 local M = {}
 
 --- @param cmd string
@@ -238,6 +240,13 @@ local M = {}
 --- @param on_error fun()
 --- @return uv.uv_process_t, integer
 local function spawn(cmd, opts, on_exit, on_error)
+  if is_win then
+    local cmd1 = vim.fn.exepath(cmd)
+    if cmd1 ~= '' then
+      cmd = cmd1
+    end
+  end
+
   local handle, pid_or_err = uv.spawn(cmd, opts, on_exit)
   if not handle then
     on_error()
@@ -309,11 +318,9 @@ end
 --- @param on_exit? fun(out: vim.SystemCompleted)
 --- @return vim.SystemObj
 function M.run(cmd, opts, on_exit)
-  vim.validate({
-    cmd = { cmd, 'table' },
-    opts = { opts, 'table', true },
-    on_exit = { on_exit, 'function', true },
-  })
+  vim.validate('cmd', cmd, 'table')
+  vim.validate('opts', opts, 'table', true)
+  vim.validate('on_exit', on_exit, 'function', true)
 
   opts = opts or {}