diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 14bb4e3c1..7ae2b50d9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -87,3 +87,4 @@ Russel Winder
 Ben Webb
 Alexei Kozlenok
 Cal Leeming
+Feng Ma
diff --git a/_pytest/config.py b/_pytest/config.py
index fb7b1774f..db5938b2a 100644
--- a/_pytest/config.py
+++ b/_pytest/config.py
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ def _prepareconfig(args=None, plugins=None):
     elif not isinstance(args, (tuple, list)):
         if not isinstance(args, str):
             raise ValueError("not a string or argument list: %r" % (args,))
-        args = shlex.split(args)
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            args = shlex.split(args, posix=False)
+        else:
+            args = shlex.split(args)
     config = get_config()
     pluginmanager = config.pluginmanager
     try: