diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9b3cf4b..b1787c53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ Puppetfile.lock
 .*.sw?
 .yardoc/
 Guardfile
+
+# This filename makes windows barf. Which breaks deploys
+spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:10000000
+
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 09701d0f..8da0f19a 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ task 'lint:auto_correct' do
   Rake::Task[:lint_fix].invoke
 end
 
+# So windows cannot handle paths with a : character. But that's used by
+# a network config fixture. The simplest way to handle it without weird
+# and confusing File.read mocks is to simply symlink it before tests are
+# run. Gross? Yeah, but it seems like the least gross option.
+task :fix_pathname do
+  FileUtils.ln_sf 'spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0_10000000',
+                  'spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:10000000'
+end
+task :spec_prep => :fix_pathname
+
 desc 'Run acceptance tests'
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:acceptance) do |t|
   t.pattern = 'spec/acceptance'
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:10000000 b/spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:10000000
deleted file mode 100644
index e9a9f338..00000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:10000000
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-DEVICE="eth0:10000000"
-IPADDR="10.10.10.10"
-NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
-BOOTPROTO="none"
-IPV6INIT="no"
-MTU="9000"
-NM_CONTROLLED="no"
-ONBOOT="yes"
-TYPE="Ethernet"
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0_10000000 b/spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0_10000000
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..adc3dcee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0_10000000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spec/fixtures/provider/network_config/redhat_spec/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0_10000000
\ No newline at end of file