diff --git a/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp b/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp
index 56f8bbdd4c..8976deb2ea 100644
--- a/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp
+++ b/components/crashcatcher/windows_crashmonitor.cpp
@@ -152,10 +152,13 @@ namespace Crash
             if (miniDumpWriteDump == NULL)
                 return;
 
-            const std::wstring utf16Path = utf8ToUtf16(mShm->mStartup.mLogFilePath);
+            std::wstring utf16Path = utf8ToUtf16(mShm->mStartup.mLogFilePath);
             if (utf16Path.empty())
                 return;
 
+            if (utf16Path.length() > MAX_PATH)
+                utf16Path = LR"(\\?\)" + utf16Path;
+
             HANDLE hCrashLog = CreateFileW(utf16Path.c_str(), GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, nullptr, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr);
             if (hCrashLog == NULL || hCrashLog == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                 return;