diff --git a/drivers/docker/utils.go b/drivers/docker/utils.go
index 81e9e06cb..5692a54b6 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/utils.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/utils.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config/configfile"
@@ -206,6 +208,16 @@ func validateCgroupPermission(s string) bool {
 // expandPath returns the absolute path of dir, relative to base if dir is relative path.
 // base is expected to be an absolute path
 func expandPath(base, dir string) string {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		pipeExp := regexp.MustCompile(`^` + rxPipe + `$`)
+		match := pipeExp.FindStringSubmatch(strings.ToLower(dir))
+
+		if len(match) == 1 {
+			// avoid resolving dot-segment in named pipe
+			return dir
+		}
+	}
+
 	if filepath.IsAbs(dir) {
 		return filepath.Clean(dir)
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/docker/utils_windows_test.go b/drivers/docker/utils_windows_test.go
index ebc0350be..2891fe8d3 100644
--- a/drivers/docker/utils_windows_test.go
+++ b/drivers/docker/utils_windows_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ func TestExpandPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 		{"/tmp/alloc/task", "c:/home/user", "c:/home/user"},
 		{"/tmp/alloc/task", "c:/home/user/..", "c:/home"},
+
+		{"/tmp/alloc/task", `//./pipe/named_pipe`, `//./pipe/named_pipe`},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
@@ -55,6 +57,13 @@ func TestParseVolumeSpec_Windows(t *testing.T) {
 			`e:\containerpath`,
 			"",
 		},
+		{
+			"named pipe",
+			`//./pipe/named_pipe://./pipe/named_pipe`,
+			`\\.\pipe\named_pipe`,
+			`//./pipe/named_pipe`,
+			"",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range validCases {