diff --git a/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/HPCCFileSprayClient.java b/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/HPCCFileSprayClient.java
index a7283a6cd..187384942 100644
--- a/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/HPCCFileSprayClient.java
+++ b/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/HPCCFileSprayClient.java
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ public ProgressResponseWrapper sprayVariable(DelimitedDataOptions options, DropZ
 
         SprayVariable request = new SprayVariable();
         request.setSourceIP(targetDropZone.getNetAddress());
-        request.setSourcePath(Utils.ensureTrailingPathSlash(targetDropZone.getPath()) + sourceFileName);
+        request.setSourcePath(Utils.ensureTrailingPathSlash(Utils.appendLinuxPathSections(targetDropZone.getPath(),sourceFileName)));
         request.setDestGroup(destGroup);
         request.setDestLogicalName(targetFileName);
         request.setOverwrite(overwrite);
diff --git a/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/Utils.java b/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/Utils.java
index 16a4676d5..c000c106f 100644
--- a/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/wsclient/src/main/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/Utils.java
@@ -1114,6 +1114,37 @@ public static String ensureTrailingPathSlash(String path, char slash)
         return path;
     }
 
+    public static String appendLinuxPathSections(String prefixPath, String postfixPath)
+    {
+        return appendPathSections(prefixPath, LINUX_SEP, postfixPath);
+    }
+
+    public static String appendWindowsPathSections(String prefixPath, String postfixPath)
+    {
+        return appendPathSections(prefixPath, WIN_SEP, postfixPath);
+    }
+
+    public static String appendPathSections(String prefixPath, String postfixPath, String useLinuxSep)
+    {
+        return appendPathSections(prefixPath, useLinuxSep.equalsIgnoreCase("true") ? LINUX_SEP : WIN_SEP, postfixPath);
+    }
+
+    public static String appendPathSections(String prefixPath, char slash, String postfixPath)
+    {
+        prefixPath = trimTrailing(prefixPath);
+
+        if (prefixPath.length() == 0 || prefixPath.charAt(prefixPath.length()-1) != slash)
+            prefixPath = prefixPath + slash;
+
+        postfixPath = postfixPath.trim();
+
+        if (postfixPath.length() > 0 && postfixPath.charAt(0) == slash)
+            prefixPath = prefixPath + postfixPath.substring(1);
+        else
+            prefixPath = prefixPath + postfixPath;
+
+        return prefixPath;
+    }
     /**
      * Removes trailing whitespace characters from a string.
      *
diff --git a/wsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/UtilsTest.java b/wsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/UtilsTest.java
index eef268e47..ef6912924 100644
--- a/wsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/UtilsTest.java
+++ b/wsclient/src/test/java/org/hpccsystems/ws/client/utils/UtilsTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 
 public class UtilsTest
 {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testappendPathSections()
+    {
+        assertEquals(Character.toString(Utils.WIN_SEP), Utils.appendWindowsPathSections("", ""));
+        assertEquals("C:\\some\\path\\", Utils.appendWindowsPathSections("C:\\some\\ ", "  \\path\\"));
+        assertEquals("C:\\some\\path\\", Utils.appendWindowsPathSections("C:\\some", " path\\"));
+
+        assertEquals(Character.toString(Utils.LINUX_SEP), Utils.appendLinuxPathSections("", ""));
+        assertEquals("/root/path/relative/path", Utils.appendLinuxPathSections("/root/path ", "  relative/path"));
+        assertEquals("/root/path/relative/path", Utils.appendLinuxPathSections("/root/path/  ", " /relative/path"));
+        assertEquals("/relative/path", Utils.appendLinuxPathSections("/  ", "/relative/path"));
+        assertEquals("/relative/path", Utils.appendLinuxPathSections("/  ", "/relative/path"));
+        assertEquals("/relative/path", Utils.appendLinuxPathSections("/", " /relative/path"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testEnsureTrailingSlashTrailingWhiteSpace()
     {