diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp
index 4f8f42fb76..e45e1b2e1b 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp
@@ -196,34 +196,7 @@ namespace Path
 
     utf8* GetAbsolute(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath)
     {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        auto relativePathW = String::ToWideChar(relativePath);
-        wchar_t absolutePathW[MAX_PATH];
-        DWORD length = GetFullPathNameW(
-            relativePathW.c_str(), static_cast<DWORD>(std::size(absolutePathW)), absolutePathW, nullptr);
-        if (length == 0)
-        {
-            return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            auto absolutePath = String::ToUtf8(absolutePathW);
-            String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, absolutePath.c_str());
-            return buffer;
-        }
-#else
-        utf8* absolutePath = realpath(relativePath, nullptr);
-        if (absolutePath == nullptr)
-        {
-            return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, absolutePath);
-            Memory::Free(absolutePath);
-            return buffer;
-        }
-#endif
+        return Platform::GetAbsolutePath(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
     }
 
     std::string GetAbsolute(const std::string& relative)
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
index fbad60a74e..f1ae448934 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #if defined(__unix__) || (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
 
+#    include "../core/Memory.hpp"
 #    include "../core/String.hpp"
 #    include "Platform2.h"
 #    include "platform.h"
@@ -178,6 +179,21 @@ namespace Platform
     {
         return c == '/';
     }
+
+    utf8* GetAbsolutePath(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath)
+    {
+        utf8* absolutePath = realpath(relativePath, nullptr);
+        if (absolutePath == nullptr)
+        {
+            return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, absolutePath);
+            Memory::Free(absolutePath);
+            return buffer;
+        }
+    }
 } // namespace Platform
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
index cb99189578..f898911f1b 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,24 @@ namespace Platform
         return c == '\\' || c == '/';
     }
 
+    utf8* GetAbsolutePath(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath)
+    {
+        auto relativePathW = String::ToWideChar(relativePath);
+        wchar_t absolutePathW[MAX_PATH];
+        DWORD length = GetFullPathNameW(
+            relativePathW.c_str(), static_cast<DWORD>(std::size(absolutePathW)), absolutePathW, nullptr);
+        if (length == 0)
+        {
+            return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            auto absolutePath = String::ToUtf8(absolutePathW);
+            String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, absolutePath.c_str());
+            return buffer;
+        }
+    }
+
 } // namespace Platform
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
index d09fade07a..91c159fa05 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace Platform
     std::string GetCurrentExecutableDirectory();
     bool FileExists(const std::string path);
     bool IsPathSeparator(char c);
+    utf8* GetAbsolutePath(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath);
     uint64_t GetLastModified(const std::string& path);
     rct2_time GetTimeLocal();
     rct2_date GetDateLocal();