diff --git a/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.test.ts b/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.test.ts
index c9f6d1a470a..e7e8770a89c 100644
--- a/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.test.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,19 @@ describe('resolveWindowsShellLaunchArgs', () => {
     expect(result.validationCwd).toBe('C:\\Users\\alice\\project')
   })
 
+  it('does not treat MSYS drive cwd as a WSL POSIX cwd', () => {
+    const result = resolveWindowsShellLaunchArgs(
+      'wsl.exe',
+      '/c/Users/alice/project',
+      'C:\\Users\\alice',
+      { distro: 'Ubuntu', treatPosixCwdAsWsl: true }
+    )
+
+    expect(result.shellArgs).toEqual(expectedWslArgs('/mnt/c/Users/alice/project', 'Ubuntu'))
+    expect(result.effectiveCwd).toBe('C:\\Users\\alice')
+    expect(result.validationCwd).toBe('C:\\Users\\alice\\project')
+  })
+
   it('escapes single quotes when translating a WSL cwd', () => {
     const result = resolveWindowsShellLaunchArgs('wsl.exe', "C:\\weird'path", 'C:\\Users\\alice')
     // The injected sh cmd must not break out of the surrounding single quotes
diff --git a/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.ts b/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.ts
index 826b672d271..0e3d181fdd4 100644
--- a/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.ts
+++ b/src/main/providers/windows-shell-args.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export function resolveWindowsShellLaunchArgs(
 ): WindowsShellLaunchArgs {
   const shellBasename = pathWin32.basename(shellPath).toLowerCase()
   const nativeCwd = normalizeMsysDrivePath(cwd)
+  const isMsysDriveCwd = nativeCwd !== cwd
 
   if (shellBasename === 'cmd.exe') {
     const shellArgStartupCommand = getCmdShellArgStartupCommand(startupCommand)
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ export function resolveWindowsShellLaunchArgs(
         validationCwd: cwd
       }
     }
-    if (wslContext?.treatPosixCwdAsWsl && cwd.startsWith('/')) {
+    if (wslContext?.treatPosixCwdAsWsl && cwd.startsWith('/') && !isMsysDriveCwd) {
       return {
         shellArgs: buildWslShellArgs(cwd, wslContext.distro),
         effectiveCwd: defaultCwd,