diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 3954d489251..e10550957c8 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-08-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* nsterm.m (ns_exec_path, ns_load_path): Use SEPCHAR rather than
+	hard-coding the path separator.
+
 2012-08-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	Use "ASET (a, i, v)" rather than "AREF (a, i) = v".
diff --git a/src/nsterm.m b/src/nsterm.m
index 48a3b7543a8..4c0e0e57926 100644
--- a/src/nsterm.m
+++ b/src/nsterm.m
@@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ Updated by Christian Limpach (chris@nice.ch)
   NSString *binDir = [bundle bundlePath];
   NSString *resourcePath, *resourcePaths;
   NSRange range;
-  BOOL onWindows = NO;       /* FIXME determine this somehow  */
-  NSString *pathSeparator = onWindows ? @";" : @":";
+  NSString *pathSeparator = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%c", SEPCHAR];
   NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
   NSArray *paths;
   NSEnumerator *pathEnum;
@@ -377,8 +376,7 @@ Updated by Christian Limpach (chris@nice.ch)
   NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
   NSString *resourceDir = [bundle resourcePath];
   NSString *resourcePath, *resourcePaths;
-  BOOL onWindows = NO;          /* FIXME determine this somehow */
-  NSString *pathSeparator = onWindows ? @";" : @":";
+  NSString *pathSeparator = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%c", SEPCHAR];
   NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
   BOOL isDir;
   NSArray *paths = [resourceDir stringsByAppendingPaths: