diff --git a/cmd/kitgen/main_test.go b/cmd/kitgen/main_test.go
index 4ef5013a8..eab59bc7a 100644
--- a/cmd/kitgen/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kitgen/main_test.go
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aryann/difflib"
 )
 
 var update = flag.Bool("update", false, "update golden files")
@@ -54,19 +55,13 @@ func TestProcess(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				if !bytes.Equal(expected, actual) {
-					name := kind + filename
-					name = strings.Replace(name, "/", "-", -1)
-
-					errfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", name)
-					if err != nil {
-						t.Fatal("opening tempfile for output", err)
+					results := difflib.Diff(splitLines(expected), splitLines(actual))
+					for _, result := range results {
+						if result.Delta == difflib.Common {
+							continue
+						}
+						t.Error(result)
 					}
-					io.WriteString(errfile, string(actual))
-
-					diffCmd := exec.Command("diff", outpath, errfile.Name())
-					diffOut, _ := diffCmd.Output()
-					t.Log(string(diffOut))
-					t.Errorf("Processing output didn't match %q. Results recorded in %q.", outpath, errfile.Name())
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -111,3 +106,12 @@ func TestTemplatesBuild(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err, "\n", string(out))
 	}
 }
+
+func splitLines(txt []byte) []string {
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(txt))
+	var ss []string
+	for s.Scan() {
+		ss = append(ss, s.Text())
+	}
+	return ss
+}
diff --git a/cmd/kitgen/path_test.go b/cmd/kitgen/path_test.go
index 371ded1d1..818d89cd7 100644
--- a/cmd/kitgen/path_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kitgen/path_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -19,10 +20,17 @@ func TestImportPath(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	testcase("/gopath/", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
-	testcase("/gopath", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
-	testcase("/gopath:/other", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
-	testcase("/other:/gopath/", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		testcase("c:\\gopath\\", "c:\\gopath\\src\\somewhere", "somewhere")
+		testcase("c:\\gopath", "c:\\gopath\\src\\somewhere", "somewhere")
+		testcase("c:\\gopath;\\other", "c:\\gopath\\src\\somewhere", "somewhere")
+		testcase("c:\\other;c:\\gopath\\", "c:\\gopath\\src\\somewhere", "somewhere")
+	} else {
+		testcase("/gopath/", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
+		testcase("/gopath", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
+		testcase("/gopath:/other", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
+		testcase("/other:/gopath/", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "somewhere")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestImportPathSadpath(t *testing.T) {
@@ -37,7 +45,10 @@ func TestImportPathSadpath(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		})
 	}
-
-	testcase("", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "is not in")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		testcase("", "c:\\gopath\\src\\somewhere", "is not in")
+	} else {
+		testcase("", "/gopath/src/somewhere", "is not in")
+	}
 	testcase("", "./somewhere", "not an absolute")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kitgen/transform.go b/cmd/kitgen/transform.go
index 362398c92..a66ff96da 100644
--- a/cmd/kitgen/transform.go
+++ b/cmd/kitgen/transform.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func addImport(root *ast.File, path string) {
 	for _, d := range root.Decls {
 		if imp, is := d.(*ast.GenDecl); is && imp.Tok == token.IMPORT {
 			for _, s := range imp.Specs {
-				if s.(*ast.ImportSpec).Path.Value == `"`+path+`"` {
+				if s.(*ast.ImportSpec).Path.Value == `"`+filepath.ToSlash(path)+`"` {
 					return // already have one
 					// xxx aliased imports?
 				}