diff --git a/benchmark/server.js b/benchmark/server.js
index 49282eb3..9e3fccc8 100644
--- a/benchmark/server.js
+++ b/benchmark/server.js
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ const app = new jstp.Application('app', {
 const server = jstp.net.createServer([app]);
 server.maxConnections = maxConnections;
 
-const socket = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'jstp_benchmark_ipc');
+const socket = path.join(
+  process.platform === 'win32' ? '\\\\.\\pipe' : os.tmpdir(),
+  'jstp-ipc-test'
+);
 
 const terminate = () => {
   server.close();