diff --git a/src/common/generators/plantuml/generator.h b/src/common/generators/plantuml/generator.h
index 19114727..9b62a281 100644
--- a/src/common/generators/plantuml/generator.h
+++ b/src/common/generators/plantuml/generator.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ inja::json generator<C, D>::element_context(const E &e) const
                 std::filesystem::relative(file, ctx["git"]["toplevel"])
                     .string();
 
-        ctx["element"]["source"]["path"] = relative_path;
+        ctx["element"]["source"]["path"] = util::path_to_url(relative_path);
         ctx["element"]["source"]["full_path"] = file.string();
         ctx["element"]["source"]["name"] = file.filename().string();
         ctx["element"]["source"]["line"] = e.line();
diff --git a/src/util/util.cc b/src/util/util.cc
index 45bb3ec7..f683c0b5 100644
--- a/src/util/util.cc
+++ b/src/util/util.cc
@@ -303,4 +303,20 @@ std::size_t hash_seed(std::size_t seed)
     return kSeedStart + (seed << kSeedShiftFirst) + (seed >> kSeedShiftSecond);
 }
 
+std::string path_to_url(const std::filesystem::path& p) {
+    std::vector<std::string> path_tokens;
+    auto it = p.begin();
+    if(p.has_root_directory())
+        it++;
+
+    for(; it != p.end(); it++)
+        path_tokens.push_back(it->string());
+
+    if(p.has_root_directory())
+        return fmt::format("/{}", fmt::join(path_tokens, "/"));
+    else
+        return fmt::format("{}", fmt::join(path_tokens, "/"));
+
+}
+
 } // namespace clanguml::util
diff --git a/src/util/util.h b/src/util/util.h
index 2f2e47eb..48f1cc1e 100644
--- a/src/util/util.h
+++ b/src/util/util.h
@@ -248,4 +248,15 @@ void for_each_if(const T &collection, C &&cond, F &&func)
 
 std::size_t hash_seed(std::size_t seed);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Convert filesystem path to url path
+ *
+ * The purpose of this function is to make sure that a path can
+ * be used in a URL, e.g. it's separators are POSIX-style.
+ *
+ * @param p Path to convert
+ * @return String representation of the path in URL format
+ */
+std::string path_to_url(const std::filesystem::path& p);
+
 } // namespace clanguml::util
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_util.cc b/tests/test_util.cc
index 06410159..d61ebeec 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.cc
+++ b/tests/test_util.cc
@@ -169,3 +169,26 @@ TEST_CASE("Test parse_unexposed_template_params", "[unit-test]")
     CHECK(declaration_template[1].type() == "Result");
     CHECK(declaration_template[2].type() == "Tail");
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("Test path_to_url", "[unit-test]")
+{
+    namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+    using namespace clanguml::util;
+
+    fs::path p1{""};
+    p1.make_preferred();
+
+    CHECK(path_to_url(p1) == "");
+
+    fs::path p2{"a/b/c/d"};
+    p2.make_preferred();
+    CHECK(path_to_url(p2) == "a/b/c/d");
+
+    fs::path p3{"/a/b/c/d"};
+    p3.make_preferred();
+    CHECK(path_to_url(p3) == "/a/b/c/d");
+
+    fs::path p4{"/"};
+    p4.make_preferred();
+    CHECK(path_to_url(p4) == "/");
+}