diff --git a/crates/re_renderer/build.rs b/crates/re_renderer/build.rs
index d9c6b90c4b37..735199007501 100644
--- a/crates/re_renderer/build.rs
+++ b/crates/re_renderer/build.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ use walkdir::{DirEntry, WalkDir};
 
 // Mapping to cargo:rerun-if-changed with glob support
 fn rerun_if_changed(path: &str) {
+    // Workaround for windows verbatim paths not working with glob.
+    // Issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/glob/issues/111
+    // Fix: https://github.com/rust-lang/glob/pull/112
+    // Fixed on upstream, but no release containing the fix as of writing.
+    let path = path.trim_start_matches(r"\\?\");
+
     for path in glob::glob(path).unwrap() {
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", path.unwrap().to_string_lossy());
     }
diff --git a/crates/re_web_server/build.rs b/crates/re_web_server/build.rs
index 580a06a453f6..4f3fce5b1901 100644
--- a/crates/re_web_server/build.rs
+++ b/crates/re_web_server/build.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ use std::{
 
 // Mapping to cargo:rerun-if-changed with glob support
 fn rerun_if_changed(path: &str) {
+    // Workaround for windows verbatim paths not working with glob.
+    // Issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/glob/issues/111
+    // Fix: https://github.com/rust-lang/glob/pull/112
+    // Fixed on upstream, but no release containing the fix as of writing.
+    let path = path.trim_start_matches(r"\\?\");
+
     for path in glob::glob(path).unwrap() {
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", path.unwrap().to_string_lossy());
     }