diff --git a/pipenv/utils.py b/pipenv/utils.py
index 4b97c4ea..33f4e0c7 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils.py
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ def shellquote(s):
     """Prepares a string for the shell (on Windows too!)"""
     if s is None:
         return None
+    # Additional escaping for windows paths
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        s = "{}".format(s.replace("\\", "\\\\"))
 
     return '"' + s.replace("'", "'\\''") + '"'
 
@@ -851,8 +854,7 @@ def get_windows_path(*args):
     """Sanitize a path for windows environments
 
     Accepts an arbitrary list of arguments and makes a clean windows path"""
-    clean_path = os.path.join(*args)
-    return os.path.normpath(clean_path)
+    return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(*args))
 
 
 def find_windows_executable(bin_path, exe_name):
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index e68d9888..176e94ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 import pytest
 from mock import patch, Mock
 
@@ -165,3 +166,10 @@ class TestUtils:
         run_ret.out = version_output
         mocked_delegator.return_value = run_ret
         assert pipenv.utils.python_version('some/path') == version
+
+    @pytest.mark.windows
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(os.name != 'nt', reason='Windows test only')
+    def test_windows_shellquote(self):
+        test_path = 'C:\Program Files\Python36\python.exe'
+        expected_path = '"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Python36\\\\python.exe"'
+        assert pipenv.utils.shellquote(test_path) == expected_path