diff --git a/pkg/specgen/volumes_windows_test.go b/pkg/specgen/volumes_windows_test.go
index e59aae29b4..1a0caeef18 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/volumes_windows_test.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/volumes_windows_test.go
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ func TestSplitVolumeString(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	t.Run("shouldResolveWinPaths() returns true", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, shouldResolveWinPaths())
+	})
+
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			parts := SplitVolumeString(tt.volume)
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/winpath_linux.go b/pkg/specgen/winpath_linux.go
index 8244af0445..ceb917a74d 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/winpath_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/winpath_linux.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func shouldResolveWinPaths() bool {
-	return machine.HostType() == "wsl"
+	hostType := machine.HostType()
+	return hostType == machine.Wsl || hostType == machine.HyperV
 }
 
 func shouldResolveUnixWinVariant(path string) bool {