diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b1dcefd7..e6e73348 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2004-11-28  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
+	* main.c (main) [WINDOWS32]: Remove any trailing slashes from -C
+	arguments.  Fixes bug #10252.
+
 	Fix for bug #1276: Handle SHELL according to POSIX requirements.
 
 	* main.c (main): Set SHELL to v_noexport by default.  Remember the
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index f0229eef..700e4ba1 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1273,16 +1273,27 @@ main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     for (i = 0; directories->list[i] != 0; ++i)
       {
 	char *dir = directories->list[i];
+        char *expanded = 0;
 	if (dir[0] == '~')
 	  {
-	    char *expanded = tilde_expand (dir);
+            expanded = tilde_expand (dir);
 	    if (expanded != 0)
 	      dir = expanded;
 	  }
+#ifdef WINDOWS32
+        /* WINDOWS32 chdir() doesn't work if the directory has a trailing '/'
+           But allow -C/ just in case someone wants that.  */
+        {
+          char *p = dir + strlen (dir) - 1;
+          while (p > dir && (p[0] == '/' || p[0] == '\\'))
+            --p;
+          p[1] = '\0';
+        }
+#endif
 	if (chdir (dir) < 0)
 	  pfatal_with_name (dir);
-	if (dir != directories->list[i])
-	  free (dir);
+	if (expanded)
+	  free (expanded);
       }
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS32
diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog
index a6423b07..cef8a331 100644
--- a/tests/ChangeLog
+++ b/tests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2004-11-28  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
+	* scripts/options/dash-C [WINDOWS32]: Add a test for bug #10252;
+	this doesn't really test anything useful in UNIX but...
+
 	* scripts/variables/SHELL: New file: test proper handling of SHELL
 	according to POSIX rules.  Fixes bug #1276.
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/options/dash-C b/tests/scripts/options/dash-C
index f31238f1..5864ffd2 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/options/dash-C
+++ b/tests/scripts/options/dash-C
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
-$description = "The following test creates a makefile to test the -C dir \n"
-              ."option in make.  This option tells make to change to \n"
-              ."directory dir before reading the makefile.";
+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-
 
-$details = "This test is similar to the clean test except that this test\n"
-          ."creates the file to delete in the work directory instead of\n"
-          ."the current directory.  Make is called from another directory\n"
-          ."using the -C workdir option so that it can both find the \n"
-          ."makefile and the file to delete in the work directory. ";
+$description = "Test the -C option to GNU make.";
 
-$example = $workdir . $pathsep . "EXAMPLE_FILE";
+$details = "\
+This test is similar to the clean test except that this test creates the file
+to delete in the work directory instead of the current directory.  Make is
+called from another directory using the -C workdir option so that it can both
+find the makefile and the file to delete in the work directory.";
+
+$example = $workdir . $pathsep . "EXAMPLE";
 
 open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");
-
-# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...
-
-print MAKEFILE "all: \n";
-print MAKEFILE "\t\@echo This makefile did not clean the dir ... good\n";
-print MAKEFILE "clean: \n";
-print MAKEFILE "\t$delete_command EXAMPLE_FILE\n";
-
-# END of Contents of MAKEFILE
-
+print MAKEFILE <<EOF;
+all: ; \@echo This makefile did not clean the dir ... good
+clean: ; $delete_command EXAMPLE\$(ext)
+EOF
 close(MAKEFILE);
 
+# TEST #1
+# -------
 &touch($example);
 
 &run_make_with_options("${testname}.mk",
@@ -39,7 +35,35 @@ if (-f $example) {
 
 # Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile
 $answer = "$make_name: Entering directory `$wpath'\n"
-        . "$delete_command EXAMPLE_FILE\n"
+        . "$delete_command EXAMPLE\n"
+        . "$make_name: Leaving directory `$wpath'\n";
+
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+
+# TEST #2
+# -------
+# Do it again with trailing "/"; this should work the same
+
+$example .= "slash";
+
+&touch($example);
+
+&run_make_with_options("${testname}.mk",
+	               "-C $workdir/ clean ext=slash",
+		       &get_logfile);
+
+chdir $workdir;
+$wpath = &get_this_pwd;
+chdir $pwd;
+
+if (-f $example) {
+  $test_passed = 0;
+}
+
+# Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile
+$answer = "$make_name: Entering directory `$wpath'\n"
+        . "$delete_command EXAMPLEslash\n"
         . "$make_name: Leaving directory `$wpath'\n";
 
 &compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
diff --git a/tests/scripts/variables/flavors b/tests/scripts/variables/flavors
index 88e9ad59..3ceac5e8 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/variables/flavors
+++ b/tests/scripts/variables/flavors
@@ -155,4 +155,29 @@ world');
 run_make_test(undef, 'V1=@ V2=@', 'hello
 world');
 
+# TEST #10
+# -------
+# Test the basics; a "@" internally to the variable applies to only one line.
+# A "@" before the variable applies to the entire variable.
+
+run_make_test('
+define FOO
+@echo hello
+echo world
+endef
+define BAR
+echo hello
+echo world
+endef
+
+all: foo bar
+foo: ; $(FOO)
+bar: ; @$(BAR)
+', '', 'hello
+echo world
+world
+hello
+world
+');
+
 1;