diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 92468c13..392b06af 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-27  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* variable.c (define_automatic_variables) [__MSDOS__ || WINDOWS32]:
+	Remove trailing backslashes in $(@D), $(<D), etc., for consistency
+	with forward slashes.  Fixes Savannah bug #30795.
+
 2010-08-13  Paul Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Accidentally forgot to back out the sorted wildcard
diff --git a/variable.c b/variable.c
index 915be20a..0d85546c 100644
--- a/variable.c
+++ b/variable.c
@@ -917,7 +917,23 @@ define_automatic_variables (void)
   define_variable_cname ("?D", "$(dir $?)", o_automatic, 1);
   define_variable_cname ("^D", "$(dir $^)", o_automatic, 1);
   define_variable_cname ("+D", "$(dir $+)", o_automatic, 1);
-#else
+#elif defined(__MSDOS__) || defined(WINDOWS32)
+  /* For consistency, remove the trailing backslash as well as slash.  */
+  define_variable_cname ("@D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $@)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+  define_variable_cname ("%D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $%)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+  define_variable_cname ("*D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $*)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+  define_variable_cname ("<D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $<)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+  define_variable_cname ("?D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $?)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+  define_variable_cname ("^D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $^)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+  define_variable_cname ("+D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(patsubst %\\,%,$(dir $+)))",
+			 o_automatic, 1);
+#else  /* not __MSDOS__, not WINDOWS32 */
   define_variable_cname ("@D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $@))", o_automatic, 1);
   define_variable_cname ("%D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $%))", o_automatic, 1);
   define_variable_cname ("*D", "$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $*))", o_automatic, 1);