diff --git a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
index 3c2bcb2dbff0..152e8a8eb6cf 100755
--- a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
+++ b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ symlink() {
   dest="$2"
   rm -rf "$dest"
   case $OS in
-    windows) mklink /J "$dest" "$source" ;;
+    windows) cmd //c mklink //J "$dest" "$source" ;;
     *) ln -s "$source" "$dest" ;;
   esac
 }