diff --git a/backends/taskbar/macosx/macosx-taskbar.mm b/backends/taskbar/macosx/macosx-taskbar.mm
index 4255931352e..91f09d17077 100644
--- a/backends/taskbar/macosx/macosx-taskbar.mm
+++ b/backends/taskbar/macosx/macosx-taskbar.mm
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ void MacOSXTaskbarManager::setOverlayIcon(const Common::String &name, const Comm
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Common::String path = getIconPath(name, ".png");
+	Common::Path path = getIconPath(name, ".png");
 	if (path.empty())
 		return;
 
 	initOverlayIconView();
 
-	CFStringRef imageFile = CFStringCreateWithCString(0, path.c_str(), kCFStringEncodingASCII);
+	CFStringRef imageFile = CFStringCreateWithCString(0, path.toString(Common::Path::kNativeSeparator).c_str(), kCFStringEncodingASCII);
 	NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *)imageFile];
 	[_overlayIconView setImage:image];
 	[image release];
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ void MacOSXTaskbarManager::addRecent(const Common::String &name, const Common::S
 	[dict setObject:(NSString *)desc forKey:@"description"];
 
 	// Icon
-	Common::String iconPath = getIconPath(name, ".png");
+	Common::Path iconPath = getIconPath(name, ".png");
 	if (!iconPath.empty()) {
-		CFStringRef icon = CFStringCreateWithCString(0, iconPath.c_str(), kCFStringEncodingASCII);
+		CFStringRef icon = CFStringCreateWithCString(0, iconPath.toString(Common::Path::kNativeSeparator).c_str(), kCFStringEncodingASCII);
 		[dict setObject:(NSString *)icon forKey:@"icon"];
 		CFRelease(icon);
 	}
diff --git a/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp b/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp
index 1d147343179..50c3b94d1f3 100644
--- a/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp
+++ b/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ void Win32TaskbarManager::setOverlayIcon(const Common::String &name, const Commo
 	}
 
 	// Compute full icon path
-	Common::String iconPath = getIconPath(name, ".ico");
+	Common::Path iconPath = getIconPath(name, ".ico");
 	if (iconPath.empty())
 		return;
 
-	TCHAR *tIconPath = Win32::stringToTchar(iconPath);
+	TCHAR *tIconPath = Win32::stringToTchar(iconPath.toString(Common::Path::kNativeSeparator));
 	HICON pIcon = (HICON)::LoadImage(nullptr, tIconPath, IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, LR_LOADFROMFILE);
 	free(tIconPath);
 	if (!pIcon) {
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ void Win32TaskbarManager::addRecent(const Common::String &name, const Common::St
 		link->SetPath(path);
 		link->SetArguments(game);
 
-		Common::String iconPath = getIconPath(name, ".ico");
+		Common::Path iconPath = getIconPath(name, ".ico");
 		if (iconPath.empty()) {
 			link->SetIconLocation(path, 0); // No game-specific icon available
 		} else {
-			LPWSTR icon = Win32::ansiToUnicode(iconPath.c_str());
+			LPWSTR icon = Win32::ansiToUnicode(iconPath.toString(Common::Path::kNativeSeparator).c_str());
 
 			link->SetIconLocation(icon, 0);
 
diff --git a/common/taskbar.h b/common/taskbar.h
index 00c569460a8..3483ad96183 100644
--- a/common/taskbar.h
+++ b/common/taskbar.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ protected:
 	 * @param   extension  The icon extension
 	 * @return  The icon path (or "" if no icon was found)
 	 */
-	Common::String getIconPath(const Common::String &target, const Common::String &extension) {
+	Common::Path getIconPath(const Common::String &target, const Common::String &extension) {
 		// We first try to look for a iconspath configuration variable then
 		// fallback to the extra path
 		//
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ return (path); \
 		}
 #undef TRY_ICON_PATH
 
-		return "";
+		return Common::Path();
 	}
 };