diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index 6ac65cfe4a7..9ac877eabca 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ const win32 = {
         ret.root = ret.dir = path;
         return ret;
       }
+      ret.base = ret.name = path;
       return ret;
     }
     // Try to match a root
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js b/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js
index 09f6bb0e9d8..901bdb0b93d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-path-parse-format.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const winPaths = [
 ];
 
 const winSpecialCaseParseTests = [
+  ['t', { base: 't', name: 't', root: '', dir: '', ext: '' }],
   ['/foo/bar', { root: '/', dir: '/foo', base: 'bar', ext: '', name: 'bar' }],
 ];