diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2247d4b..d93015e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 include (${project_cmake_dir}/Utils.cmake)
 
+# Set delimiter for environment variables with multiple path values based on OS
+if (WIN32)
+  set(ENV_PATH_DELIMITER ";")
+else()
+  set(ENV_PATH_DELIMITER ":")
+endif()
+
 configure_file(ign.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/ign)
 install (PROGRAMS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/ign DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/src/ign.in b/src/ign.in
index d45b147..1eeff38 100755
--- a/src/ign.in
+++ b/src/ign.in
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ yaml_found = false
 
 conf_dirs = '@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/share/ignition/'
 conf_dirs = ENV['IGN_CONFIG_PATH'] if ENV.key?('IGN_CONFIG_PATH')
-conf_dirs = conf_dirs.split(':')
+conf_dirs = conf_dirs.split('@ENV_PATH_DELIMITER@')
 
 conf_dirs.each do |conf_directory|
   next if Dir.glob(conf_directory + '/*.yaml').empty?