diff --git a/src/filesys.cpp b/src/filesys.cpp
index a514bbb..b5639f2 100644
--- a/src/filesys.cpp
+++ b/src/filesys.cpp
@@ -7170,6 +7170,9 @@ static a_inode *restore_filesys_get_base (Unit *u, TCHAR *npath)
 
 static TCHAR *makenativepath (UnitInfo *ui, TCHAR *apath)
 {
+#ifdef FSUAE
+    return fsdb_native_path(ui->rootdir, apath);
+#else
 	int i;
 	TCHAR *pn;
 	/* create native path. FIXME: handle 'illegal' characters */
@@ -7182,6 +7185,7 @@ static TCHAR *makenativepath (UnitInfo *ui, TCHAR *apath)
 		}
 	}
 	return pn;
+#endif
 }
 
 static uae_u8 *restore_aino (UnitInfo *ui, Unit *u, uae_u8 *src)
diff --git a/src/include/fsdb.h b/src/include/fsdb.h
index 528e30a..4fd447e 100644
--- a/src/include/fsdb.h
+++ b/src/include/fsdb.h
@@ -169,3 +169,7 @@ extern int custom_fsdb_used_as_nname (a_inode *base, const TCHAR *nname);
 #define MYVOLUMEINFO_CDFS 16
 
 extern int my_getvolumeinfo (const TCHAR *root);
+
+#ifdef FSUAE
+char *fsdb_native_path(const char *root_dir, const char *amiga_path);
+#endif
diff --git a/src/od-fs/fsdb_host.cpp b/src/od-fs/fsdb_host.cpp
index 3877e36..f457d2f 100644
--- a/src/od-fs/fsdb_host.cpp
+++ b/src/od-fs/fsdb_host.cpp
@@ -557,6 +558,31 @@ static void find_nname_case(const char *dir_path, char **name) {
     free(cmp_name);
 }
 
+char *fsdb_native_path(const char *root_dir, const char *amiga_path) {
+    if (g_fsdb_debug) {
+        write_log("fsdb_native_path (%s) %s\n", root_dir, amiga_path);
+    }
+    // splitting / allocating strings is not the most efficient way to do it,
+    // but the code gets very readable...
+    char *current_path = fs_strdup(root_dir);
+    char **parts = fs_strsplit(amiga_path, "/", 0);
+    char **part = parts;
+    while (*part) {
+        if (g_fsdb_debug) {
+            write_log("-  %s\n", *part);
+        }
+        char *nname = aname_to_nname(*part);
+        find_nname_case(current_path, &nname);
+        char *free_me = current_path;
+        current_path = fs_path_join(current_path, nname, NULL);
+        free(free_me);
+        free(nname);
+        part++;
+    }
+    fs_strfreev(parts);
+    return current_path;
+}
+
 a_inode *custom_fsdb_lookup_aino_aname(a_inode *base, const TCHAR *aname) {
     //STUB("base=? aname=\"%s\"", aname);