diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2787fd7..56e6a69 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ made autojump that much better (in no particular order):
     Jui-Shan Liang
     Pierre Gueth
     Alexander Bolodurin
+    Azriel Hoh
diff --git a/bin/autojump.bash b/bin/autojump.bash
index 379e529..008deb9 100644
--- a/bin/autojump.bash
+++ b/bin/autojump.bash
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 export AUTOJUMP_SOURCED=1
 
+if [[ "${OS}" =~ Windows ]]; then
+    local_autojump_dir="${LOCALAPPDATA}/autojump"
+else
+    local_autojump_dir="~/.autojump"
+fi
+
 # set user installation paths
-if [[ -d ~/.autojump/ ]]; then
-    export PATH=~/.autojump/bin:"${PATH}"
+if [[ -d "${local_autojump_dir}" ]]; then
+    export PATH="${local_autojump_dir}":"${PATH}"
 fi
 
 
@@ -106,6 +112,9 @@ jo() {
             cygwin)
                 cygstart "" $(cygpath -w -a ${output})
                 ;;
+            msys)
+                start "${output}"
+                ;;
             *)
                 echo "Unknown operating system: ${OSTYPE}." 1>&2
                 ;;
diff --git a/bin/autojump.sh b/bin/autojump.sh
index 0ddff47..7e01006 100644
--- a/bin/autojump.sh
+++ b/bin/autojump.sh
@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@ else
     shell=$(echo ${SHELL} | awk -F/ '{ print $NF }')
 fi
 
+# Support git-bash (msysgit)
+if [[ "${OS}" =~ Windows ]]; then
+    local_autojump_dir="${LOCALAPPDATA}/autojump"
+else
+    local_autojump_dir="~/.autojump"
+fi
+
 # prevent circular loop for sh shells
 if [ "${shell}" = "sh" ]; then
     return 0
 
 # check local install
-elif [ -s ~/.autojump/share/autojump/autojump.${shell} ]; then
-    source ~/.autojump/share/autojump/autojump.${shell}
+elif [ -s "${local_autojump_dir}/share/autojump/autojump.${shell}" ]; then
+    source "${local_autojump_dir}/share/autojump/autojump.${shell}"
 
 # check global install
 elif [ -s /usr/local/share/autojump/autojump.${shell} ]; then
diff --git a/bin/autojump_match.py b/bin/autojump_match.py
index 54bf411..05dfb33 100644
--- a/bin/autojump_match.py
+++ b/bin/autojump_match.py
@@ -75,9 +75,12 @@ def match_consecutive(needles, haystack, ignore_case=False):
             (path='/foo/baz', weight=10),
         ]
     """
-    regex_no_sep = '[^' + os.sep + ']*'
+
+    # We explicitly use forward slash instead of os.sep as this works across unix platforms as well as msysgit in Windows
+    separator = '/'
+    regex_no_sep = '[^' + separator + ']*'
     regex_no_sep_end = regex_no_sep + '$'
-    regex_one_sep = regex_no_sep + os.sep + regex_no_sep
+    regex_one_sep = regex_no_sep + separator + regex_no_sep
     regex_needle = regex_one_sep.join(imap(re.escape, needles)) + regex_no_sep_end
     regex_flags = re.IGNORECASE | re.UNICODE if ignore_case else re.UNICODE
     found = lambda entry: re.search(
diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index b02abf8..aad1448 100755
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -19,10 +19,28 @@ def cp(src, dest, dryrun=False):
         shutil.copy(src, dest)
 
 
+def in_bash():
+    return get_shell().startswith('bash')
+
+
+def in_msysgit():
+    return platform.system() == 'Windows' and in_bash()
+
+
 def get_shell():
     return os.path.basename(os.getenv('SHELL', ''))
 
 
+def unixify(path):
+    if in_msysgit():
+        idx = path.find(':')
+        if idx == -1:
+            return path
+        drive_letter = path[0:idx].lower()
+        path = '/' + drive_letter + path[idx + 1:].replace('\\', '/')
+    return path
+
+
 def mkdir(path, dryrun=False):
     print('creating directory:', path)
     if not dryrun and not os.path.exists(path):
@@ -156,7 +174,7 @@ def parse_arguments():  # noqa
 
 
 def show_post_installation_message(etc_dir, share_dir, bin_dir):
-    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows' and not in_bash():
         print('\nPlease manually add %s to your user path' % bin_dir)
     else:
         if get_shell() == 'fish':
@@ -164,7 +182,7 @@ def show_post_installation_message(etc_dir, share_dir, bin_dir):
             source_msg = 'if test -f %s; . %s; end' % (aj_shell, aj_shell)
             rcfile = '~/.config/fish/config.fish'
         else:
-            aj_shell = '%s/autojump.sh' % etc_dir
+            aj_shell = '%s/autojump.sh' % unixify(etc_dir)
             source_msg = '[[ -s %s ]] && source %s' % (aj_shell, aj_shell)
 
             if platform.system() == 'Darwin' and get_shell() == 'bash':
@@ -205,7 +223,7 @@ def main(args):
     cp('./bin/icon.png', share_dir, args.dryrun)
     cp('./docs/autojump.1', doc_dir, args.dryrun)
 
-    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows' and not in_bash():
         cp('./bin/autojump.lua', args.clinkdir, args.dryrun)
         cp('./bin/autojump.bat', bin_dir, args.dryrun)
         cp('./bin/j.bat', bin_dir, args.dryrun)
diff --git a/uninstall.py b/uninstall.py
index 4bd7042..436c77f 100755
--- a/uninstall.py
+++ b/uninstall.py
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ sys.path.append('bin')
 from autojump_argparse import ArgumentParser  # noqa
 
 
+def get_shell():
+    return os.path.basename(os.getenv('SHELL', ''))
+
+
+def in_bash():
+    return get_shell == 'bash'
+
+
 def is_empty_dir(path):
     """
     Checks if any files are present within a directory and all sub-directories.
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ def remove_custom_installation(args, dryrun=False):
     rm(os.path.join(bin_dir, 'autojump_data.py'), dryrun)
     rm(os.path.join(bin_dir, 'autojump_utils.py'), dryrun)
     rm(os.path.join(bin_dir, 'autojump_argparse.py'), dryrun)
-    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows' and not in_bash():
         if os.path.exists(args.clinkdir):
             rm(os.path.join(args.clinkdir, 'autojump.lua'), dryrun)
         rm(os.path.join(bin_dir, 'autojump.bat'), dryrun)